Showbusiness Lyrics by Van Morrison

Showbusiness Lyrics

    Say you wanna be in showbusiness
    See the man on the tv with a phoney smile
    Bring you up, bring you down
    He can turn your head around
    In showbusiness, showbusiness

    See the man on a silver screen
    With the phoney smile
    Bring you up, bring you down
    He can turn your head around
    Showbusiness, showbusiness

    Have a hit, maybe two
    Make mincemeat out of you
    Come back in two years time
    Lay your heart right on the line
    In showbusiness, showbusiness
    Showbusiness, showbusiness

    Where's the next one, where's the next one
    Where's the next one
    Oh, baby just like the last one
    Like the last one

    Say you wanna be in showbusiness
    See the man in the suit
    With the phoney smile
    He can laugh, he can cry
    He can make you reach the sky,
    He can say anything you wanna hear
    Be anything you wanna be
    You can say anything you want to hear
    Be anything you want him to be
    Make you leave your family
    In showbusiness, in showbusiness

    Take it to the bridge
    And the next one, and the next one
    And the next one
    How can you do it like the last one
    Now do it just like the last one, please
    Like the last one, like the last one just like the last one

    Say you wanna be in showbusiness
    Have a pretty face and a pretty smile
    I'm thinking
    Make you laugh and they can make you cry
    But they can't wait, wipe the tear drops from your eye
    In showbusiness, showbusiness

    Say you wanna be in showbusiness
    See the rock star up on the stage
    Right now
    Behind them drugs, behind them booze
    Behind them people he can use
    Behind them people usin' them
    Behind them people usin' us
    And the next one, and the next one
    And the next one
    Can you make it, just like the last one
    Oh, you make it just like the last one
    Like the last one
    Just like the last one

    Say you wanna be in showbusiness
    All the world is a stage
    Everybody must play their part,
    I've been so long in showbusiness
    I feel right now just like i got myself just started
    Forget the junk, forget the jive
    I just want to stay alive
    In showbusiness, in showbusiness

    Take it to the bridge
    And the next one, and the next one
    And the next one
    Oh, just like the last one, just like the last one
    Like the last one

    They can rob you with a fountain pen
    But you got to find some honest men
    They can make you leave your home
    Where you go to waste and roam
    Control your fate, control your life
    They can make you leave your wife
    It's showbusiness, it's showbusiness

    Take it to the bridge
    And the next one, and the next one
    And the next one
    Oh, just like the last one, can you make it
    Like the last one
    Can you give it one more time
    Like the last one
    Can you put it out, like the last one
    Showbusiness, it's showbusiness
    It's showbusiness, showbusiness
    It's showbusiness, showbusiness

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