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Show Business

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Show Business

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The world of bright lights,

Of fortune and fame,

Where everybody struggles,

Tryin' to make themselves a name.

Oh,

It's a world full of promises,

That sometimes don't ever come true.

It's an old, old business,

Such a cold, cold business.

It's like no business I know.

There ain't no business like show, show business.

It's like no, no business I know.

There's a world of big dreams,

Of laughter and tears,

Where sometimes your fame,

Is just a? on a?

Oh, oh,

It's a world of promises,

That sometimes don't ever come true, now.

And it's a rough, rough business.

Such a tough, tough business.

But it's my business, it's my life.

Your business,

That's what I'm talkin' about.

Show business,

That's what I'm talkin' about.

Today you're nobody,

Tomorrow a star.

The day after that,

Nobody knows who you are.

There's an in-betweenin',

And behind-the-scene'in', and

They hardly leave you cent.

And there's them good days,

And there's some bad, bady days,

Where you hardly pay your rent.

Woah oh.

But it's a world of music,

That somehow gets under your skin.

Oh yeah,

There ain't no, no business,

Like show, show business.

It's like no business,

That I know.

There ain't no business,

Like show, show business.

I tell there ain't no business like it, I know.

Talkin' 'bout show business!

Talkin' 'bout...

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