{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}
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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