[CHARLIE DAVENPORT]
The cowboys, the wrestlers, the tumblers, the clowns
The roustabouts that move the show at dawn
[BUFFALO BILL]
The music, the spotlights, the people, the towns
Your baggage with the labels pasted on
[FRANK]
The sawdust and the horses and the smell
The towel you've taken from the last hotel

[CHARLIE DAVENPORT, BUFFALO BILL & FRANK]
There's no business like show business
Like no business I know
[BUFFALO BILL]
Everything about it is appealing
[CHARLIE DAVENPORT]
Everything that traffic will allow
[FRANK]
Nowhere could you get that happy feeling
When you are stealing that extra bow

[CHARLIE DAVENPORT, BUFFALO BILL & FRANK]
There's no people like show people
They smile when they are low
[CHARLIE DAVENPORT]
Yesterday they told you you would not go far
[BUFFALO BILL]
That night you open, and there you are
[FRANK]
Next day on your dressing room, they've hung a star
[CHARLIE DAVENPORT, BUFFALO BILL & FRANK]
Let's go on with the show
[BUFFALO BILL]
The costumes, the scenery, the makeup, the props
The audience that lifts you when you're down
[CHARLIE DAVENPORT]
The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops
The sheriff who'll escort you out of town
[FRANK]
The opening when your heart beats like a drum
The closing when the customers won't come

[CHARLIE DAVENPORT, BUFFALO BILL & FRANK]
There's no business like show business
Like no business I know
[CHARLIE DAVENPORT]
You get word before the show has started
That your favorite uncle died at dawn
[FRANK]
Top of that, your pa and ma have parted
You're broken-hearted, but you go on


[CHARLIE DAVENPORT, BUFFALO BILL & FRANK]
There's no people like show people
They don't run out of dough
[CHARLIE DAVENPORT]
Angels come from everywhere with lots of jack
[BUFFALO BILL]
And when you lose it, there's no attack
[FRANK]
Where could you get money that you don't give back?
[CHARLIE DAVENPORT, BUFFALO BILL & FRANK]
Let's go on with the show
[ANNIE]
There's no business like show business
If you tell me it's so
[FRANK]
Travellin' through the country is so thrilling
[BUFFALO BILL]
Standing out in front on opening nights
[CHARLIE DAVENPORT]
Smiling as you watch the benches filling
And see your billing out there in lights

[ANNIE]
There's no people like show people
They smile when they are low
[CHARLIE DAVENPORT]
Even with a turkey that you know will fold
[BUFFALO BILL]
You may be stranded out in the cold
[FRANK]
Still you wouldn't change it for a sack of gold
[CHARLIE DAVENPORT, BUFFALO BILL & FRANK]
Let's go on with the show
[CHARLIE DAVENPORT, BUFFALO BILL, FRANK & ANNIE]
Let's go on with the show