From the film musical “ANNIE GET YOUR GUN,” 1950. Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Copyright ©12 Apr 1946.
Sheet Music
Lyrics
Chorus
There’s no business like show business
Like no business I know
Everything about it is appealing
Everything the traffic will allow
Nowhere could 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
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
Chorus
There’s no business like show business
Like no business I know
You get word before the show has started
That your fav’rite uncle died at dawn
Top of that your pa and ma have parted
You’re broken hearted but you go on
There’s no people like show people
They don’t run out of dough
Yesterday they told you you would not go far
That night you opened and there you are
Next day on your dressing room they’ve hung a star
Let’s go on with the show
Chorus
There’s no business like show business
If you tell me it’s so
Trav’ling through the country will be thrilling
Standing out in front on opening nights
Smiling as you watch the theatre filling
And there’s your billing out there in lights
There’s no people like show people
They smile when they are low
Angels come from ev’rywhere with lots of jack
And when you lose it, there’s no attack
Where could you get money that you don’t give back
Let’s go on with the show