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The Hard-Knock Life (Annie, Orphans: Pepper, Duffy, July, Kate, Tessie, Molly)

Alicia Morton, Marissa Rago, Danelle Wilson, Nanea Miyata, Lalaine, Erin Adams & Sarah Hyland

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Alicia Morton

Vocals

Marissa Rago

Vocals

Danelle Wilson

Vocals

Nanea Miyata

Vocals

Kathy Bates

Performer

Audra McDonald

Soprano

Lalaine

Vocals

Erin Adams

Vocals

Victor Garber

Performer

Alan Cumming

Performer

Sarah Hyland

Vocals

Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Chenoweth

Performer

Bobbi Page

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

CHARLES STROUSE

CHARLES STROUSE

Composer

Martin Charnin

Lyrics

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Chris Montan

Producer

Paul Bogaev

Producer

Frank Wolf

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

It's the hard-knock life for us

It's the hard-knock life for us

'Stead of treated, we get tricked

'Stead of kisses, we get kicked

It's the hard-knock life

[Verse 2]

Got no folks to speak of, so

It's the hard-knock row we hoe

Cotton blankets 'stead of wool

Empty bellies 'stead of full

It's the hard-knock life

[Verse 3]

Don't it feel like the wind is always howling?

Don't it seem like there's never any light?

Once a day, don't you wanna throw the towel in?

It's easier than putting up a fight

[Verse 4]

No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy

No one cares if you grow or if you shrink

No one dries when your eyes get wet and weepy

From the crying, you would think this place would sink, oh

[Verse 5]

Empty belly life

Rotten, smelly life

Full of sorrow life

No tomorrow life

[Verse 6]

Santa Claus we never see

Santa Claus, what's that? Who's he?

No one cares for you a smidge

When you're in an orphanage

It's the hard-knock life

[Verse 7]

You're gonna clean this dump

Till it shines like the top of the Chrysler building

Yank the whiskers from her chin

Jab her with a tacky pin

Make her drink a Mickey Fin

I love you, Miss Hannigan

Get to work, now

Strip that bed, I said, get to work

[Verse 8]

It's the hard-knock life for us

It's the hard-knock life for us

No one cares for you a smidge

When you're in an orphanage

It's the hard-knock life, it's the hard-knock life

It's the hard-knock life

Written by: Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin

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