[PROGRAMMERS]
It's a hard-knock life for us!
It's a hard-knock life for us!

[LEIF]
'Stead of treated

[PROGRAMMERS]
We get tricked!

[LEIF]
'Stead of kisses

[ORPHANS]
We get kicked!

[TOBIN]
Don't it feel like the wind is always howlin?
Don't it seem like there's never any light!

[GEORGE]
Once a day, don't you wanna throw the towel in?
It's easier than putting up a fight

[LEIF]
No one's there when your dreams at night are creepy!
[TOBIN]
No one cares if you grow or if you shrink!

[GEORGE]
No one dries when your eyes get wet and weepy

[PROGRAMMERS]
From the crying you would think this place's would sink!
Empty belly life!
Rotten smelly life!
Full of sorrow life!
No tomorrow life!

[TOBIN]
Santa Claus we never see

[GEORGE]
Santa Claus, what's that? Who's he?

[PROGRAMMERS]
It's a hard knock life