[HOUDINI]
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"
[EVELYN]
I'm packin' 'em in
From summer to fall
Come May and I'm playin'
A half-empty hall
Well, you said it all
[BOTH]
That's the showbiz
[EVELYN]
It's sad
[HOUDINI]
It's strange
[BOTH]
Times change and change and change
[HOUDINI]
And still I'm on top
[EVELYN]
I'm third on the bill
[HOUDINI]
I'm ready to stop
[EVELYN]
I'm nervous, I will
[BOTH]
And both of us still
In showbiz
[HOUDINI]
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
[EVELYN]
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 sh**
[HOUDINI]
That's the showbiz
[BOTH]
It's sad
It's strange
Times change and change and change
[HOUDINI]
I'm losing my hair
[EVELYN]
I'm losing my voice
[HOUDINI]
I'm using a chair
[EVELYN]
I lost the Rolls Royce
[BOTH]
But what other choice
Than showbiz
[HOUDINI]
I'm only a sham
Well, that's my appeal
The people need sham
Cause the world is too real
[EVELYN]
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
[HOUDINI]
A hundred years from now, the name Houdini will be gone and forgotten. And it wasn't even my real name!
And Mama is gone
[EVELYN]
My Stanny was shot
[HOUDINI]
But we carry on
[EVELYN]
For like it or not
[BOTH]
We're lucky we've got
The showbiz
Where if you are down
[HOUDINI]
Or dead on your feet
[EVELYN]
Or hear from some elderly dear
On the street
That you're obsolete
[BOTH]
That's ok
Cause sad or strange
There's one thing that will never change-
[HOUDINI]
Like Mama would say
[BOTH]
That's the showbiz
The showbiz
The showbiz