It’s a Hard Business

[Chorus: Wild Man Fischer Rosemary Clooney, Both]
It's a hard business
Please tell me that you agree
It's a hard business
It's hard for you, and hard for me
It's a hard business
Reaching way down in your soul
It's a hard business
Singing jazz or rock n' roll

[Pre-Chorus]
If you don't make it
Well don't blame me
If you can't take it
You'll soon agree

[Chorus]
That it's a hard business
Travelling from town to town
It's a hard business
Riding on this merry-go-round
It's a hard business
It's hard to make it to the top
It's a hard business
Especially when your records flop

[Verse 2]
Agents and critics
Managers and slime
You make them a million
They'll toss you a dime

[Bridge]
Rosemary, I'm thinking of quitting this impossible business
Oh really Larry? I hope not
It's just too hard. D'you know what I mean?
Oh, I sure do, Larry
Would you blame me if I quit show business Rosemary?
You gotta do what you gotta do, Larry
That really surprises you that I wanna quit?

[Pre-Chorus]
If you don't make it
Well don't blame me
If you can't take it
You'll soon agree

[Chorus: Wild Man Fischer, Rosemary Clooney, Both Other]
That it's a hard business
Very hard, very hard
It's a hard business
Very hard, very hard, very hard
It's a hard business
Impossible even
That it's a hard business
[Run away?]
It's a hard business
It's a hard business
It's a hard business
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