17 février 2012

There's No Business Like Show Business

Vidéo et Paroles
de la chanson There's No Business Like Show Business
interprétée par les acteurs et actrices
du film La Joyeuse Parade en 1954

There's no business like show business like no business I know
Everything about it is appealing, everything that traffic will allow
Nowhere could you get that happy feeling when you are stealing that extra bow

There's no people like show people, they smile when they are low
Even with a turkey that you know will fold, you may be stranded out in the cold
Still you wouldn't change it for a sack of gold, let's go on with the show

The butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk
Are secretly unhappy men because
The butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk
Get paid for what they do but no applause.
They'd gladly bid their dreary jobs goodbye for anything theatrical and why?

There's no business like show business and I tell you it's so
Traveling through the country is so thrilling, standing out in front on opening nights
Smiling as you watch the theater filling, and there's your billing out there in lights

There's no people like show people, they smile when they are low
Angels come from everywhere with lots of jack, and when you lose it, there's no attack
Where could you get money that you don't give back? Let's go on with the show

(There's no business like show business like no business I know)
You get word before the show has started that your favorite uncle died at dawn
Top of that, your pa and ma have parted, you're broken-hearted, but you go on

(There's no people like show people, they smile when they are low)
Yesterday they told you you would not go far, that night you open and there you are
Next day on your dressing room they've hung a star, let's go on with the show!!

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La chanson a été écrite par Irving Berlin.
C'est Ether Merman qui l'interprète en solo dans le film; juste avant la scène finale qui clôt le film, où tous les acteurs et actrices la rejoignent sur scène, dont Marilyn Monroe, qui chante ainsi dans les choeurs. C'est pourquoi la chanson ne fait pas partie de la discographie de Marilyn.