The Show Biz lyrics - Kevin Chamberlin and Lewis Grasso

Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty "Nice Fighting You" album 2014
Kevin Chamberlin and Lewis Grasso - The Show Biz Lyrics

(Song from "Ragtime" musical The Show Biz lyrics)

I'M BURIED ALIVE,
I HANG BY A THREAD
AND PEOPLE PAY MONEY
TO SEE IF I'M DEAD.
LIKE MAMA ONCE SAID,
"THAT'S THE SHOWBIZ."

I'M PACKIN' 'EM IN
FROM SUMMER TO FALL,
COME MAY AND I'M PLAYIN'
A HALF-EMPTY HALL.
WELL, YOU SAID IT ALL.

THAT'S THE SHOWBIZ!

IT'S SAD.

IT'S STRANGE.

TIMES CHANGE AND CHANGE AND CHANGE.

AND STILL I'M ON TOP.

I'M THIRD ON THE BILL.

I'M READY TO STOP.

I'M NERVOUS, I WILL.

AND BOTH OF US STILL
IN SHOWBIZ.

I'M OUT ON A LEDGE
WRAPPED UP IN A CHAIN,
AND STARTING TO THINK
AS IT'S STARTING TO RAIN,
MY LIFE IS INSANE!

THAT'S THE SHOWBIZ.
MY PARTNER'S A DUD.
MY GOWN DOESN'T FIT.
THE BAND IS DEMANDING
A GRAND, OR THEY'LL QUIT.
MY LAWYER DOES SHIT!

THAT'S THE SHOWBIZ!

IT'S SAD. IT'S STRANGE.
TIMES CHANGE AND CHANGE AND CHANGE.

I'M LOSING MY HAIR.

I'M LOSING MY VOICE.

I'M USING A CHAIR.

I LOST THE ROLLS ROYCE.

BUT WHAT OTHER CHOICE
THAN SHOWBIZ?

I'M ONLY A SHAM.
WELL, THAT'S MY APPEAL.
THE PEOPLE NEED SHAM
'CAUSE THE WORLD IS TOO REAL.

I KNOW HOW THEY FEEL.
I SIT AND REFLECT,
UP THERE ON MY SWING,
STENOGRAPHY LESSONS
MIGHT JUST BE THE THING.
I WISH I COULD SING.

A hundred years from now the name Harry Houdini will be gone and forgotten.
And it wasn't even my real name!

AND MAMA IS GONE.

MY STANNY WAS SHOT.

BUT WE CARRY ON

FOR LIKE IT OR NOT

WE'RE LUCKY WE'VE GOT
THE SHOWBIZ
WHERE IF YOU ARE DOWN

OR DEAD ON YOUR FEET

OR HEAR FROM SOME ELDERLY DEAR
ON THE STREET
THAT YOU'RE OBSOLETE

THAT'S OK!
'CAUSE SAD OR STRANGE
THERE'S ONE THING THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE-

LIKE MAMA WOULD SAY...

THAT'S THE SHOWBIZ.
THE SHOWBIZ
THE...
SHOWBIZ!

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