There's No Business Like Show Business

(Song)

There's no business

Like show business

Like no business I know

Everything about it is appealing

Everything that traffic will allow

Nowhere can you get that happy feeling

When you are stealing

That extra bow

There's no people

Like show people

They smile when they are low

Yesterday they told you

You would not go far

That night you folded

And there you are

Next day on dressing room they hung a star

Let's go on with the show

(Spoken)

Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, I am Colonel Buffalo Bill Cody, the owner and founder of the most famous Wild West show on Earth. You are now going to see my own personal version of the tempestuous, boisterous, and romantic story of Annie Oakley and Frank Butler

And here's our handsome and dashing leading man, Mister Frank Butler!

(Song)

There's no business

Like show business

Like no business I know

I am worried using half the night up

Waiting till the morning papers came

What a moment when your face would light up

To see the write up

And find your name

(Spoken)

Here's Frank Butler's fearless assistant, the lovely Miss Dolly Tate!

(Song)

The costumes, the scenery, the makeup, the props

The audience that miss you when you're down

The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops

The sheriff who escorts you out of town

They all win when your heart beats like a drum

The closing when the customers don't come

There's no business

Like show business

Like no business I know

Everything outside decides to shake up

When your picture in the news appears

And the morning when you wake up

With gobs of makeup

Behind your ears

There's no people

Like show people

They don't run out of dough

Angels come from everywhere with lots of jack

And when you lose it, there's no attack

Wait until you get money that you don't give back

Let's go on with the show

(Spoken)

Ladies and gentlemen, the heart-stopping knife-throwing team of Keeler and Tate!

(Song)

There's no business

Like show business

If you tell me it's so

There's no business

Like show business

There's no business

Like show business

There's no business

Like show

There's no business

Like show business

Like no business I know

Trav'ling through the country is so thrilling

Standing out in front on opening night

Smiling as you watch the benches filling

And see your billing

Up there in lights!

There's no people

Like show people

They smile when they are low

Even with a turkey that you know will fold

You may be stranded out in the cold

Still you wouldn't change it for a sack of gold

Let's go on with the show

Let's go on with the show