It's the Hard-Knock Life

It's a hard-knock life for us

It's a hard-knock life for us

'Steada treated

We get tricked

'Steada kisses

We get kicked

It's a hard-knock life

Got no folks to speak of so

It's a hard-knock row we hoe

Cotton blankets

'Steada of wool

Empty bellies

'Steada of full

It's a hard-knock life

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

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 puttin' up a fight

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 cryin' you would think this place's a sink!

Oh!

Empty belly life!

Rotten smelly life!

Full of sorrow life!

No tomorrow life!

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-knocklife

(Making a whistling sound and imitating Miss. Hannigan)

You'll stay up till this dump shines like the top of the Chrysler

Building

Yank the whiskers from her chin

Jab her with a safety pin

Make her drink a Mickey Finn

I love you, Miss Hannigan

It's a hard-knock life for us

It's a hard-knock life for us

No one cares for you a smidge

When your in an orphanage

It's a hard-knock life

It's a hard-knock life

It's a hard-knock life