Show Business (Monologue) Songtext
von Lou Rawls

The world of bright lights,
Of fortune and fame,
Where everybody struggles,
Tryin′ to make themselves a name.

Oh,
It's a world full of promises,
That sometimes don′t ever come true.
It's an old, old business,
Such a cold, cold business.
It's like no business I know.

There ain′t no business like show, show business.
It′s like no, no business I know.

There's a world of big dreams,
Of laughter and tears,
Where sometimes your fame,
Is just a? on a?


Oh, oh,
It′s a world of promises,
That sometimes don't ever come true, now.
And it′s a rough, rough business.
Such a tough, tough business.
But it's my business, it′s my life.

Your business,
That's what I'm talkin′ about.
Show business,
That′s what I'm talkin′ about.

Today you're nobody,
Tomorrow a star.
The day after that,
Nobody knows who you are.

There′s an in-betweenin',
And behind-the-scene′in', and
They hardly leave you cent.

And there's them good days,
And there′s some bad, bady days,
Where you hardly pay your rent.


Woah oh.
But it′s a world of music,
That somehow gets under your skin.
Oh yeah,
There ain't no, no business,
Like show, show business.
It′s like no business,
That I know.

There ain't no business,
Like show, show business.
I tell there ain′t no business like it, I know.

Talkin' ′bout show business!
Talkin' 'bout...