Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song That's Showbiz, artist - Rev. Horton Heat. Album song It's Martini Time, in the genre Рок-н-ролл
Date of issue: 31.12.1995
Record label: Universal Music
Song language: English
That's Showbiz |
You work 689 days in a row |
6 shows a day |
15 Minute breaks |
Is that showbiz? |
No matter how bad you feel |
You could have a fever and the dry heaves |
From that left handed cigarette |
And shot of old crow you did between the first and secon show |
You could have a social disease you caught |
From some platinum blonde bombshell in Boise |
You could feel bad because you lost your wallet, your dog, your best friend |
Or even your wife |
And no matter how bad you feel |
When those house lights go down |
A smile lights up your face |
Why? |
'cause that’s showbiz |
You work, practice, woodshed |
Suffer for your craft |
Do the old soft shoe till your feet bleed |
Sing mammy till your throat swells |
All the while smiling though your face hurts |
You do this for ten years |
And the day after the back page of some local rag says your great |
You see somebody better, and younger than yourself |
And he closes the show with a gag he stole from you |
And that’s showbiz |
You reward? |
A fast car you never get to drive |
Ex-wives and kids who do interviews with the scandal sheets |
A long cool broad who loves you for your name and your name only |
This afternoon’s pizza backstage of some dive you’ve played a hundred times |
before |
Where rats the size of a loaf of bread climb the walls and run the pipes |
Where the same drunk crudely delivers the same insults that you counter |
The same way every night |
Except your delivery is a little different, and the people laugh |
That’s showbiz |
Your up for the part of leading man in a full length feature film |
And after you read, you get a part |
One lousy line in a scene where you play the school janitor |
So you say you’re line with all the pizzaz and intensity of a Bogey |
Or an Edward G |
And that’s showbiz |
So I say to all the little people |
Who spit shined and polished |
My long and jagged trail to the top, «Thank you.» |
For without you, the little people, I would not be where I am today |
It is truly you who are, showbiz |
Come on! |
Give youself a round of applause |
The little people! |
Give it up! |
Yeah! |
Please look for me in a new T.V. mini series drama |
Where I portray myself in the story of my life |
Simply entitled «That's Showbiz.» |
Thank you! |
You’ve been a wonderful audience! |
I love you and remember |
That’s showbiz! |
Good night! |