It's the hard-knock life for us
It's the hard-knock life for us
'Stead of treated
We get tricked
'Stead of kisses
We get kicked
It's the hard-knock life
Got no folks to speak of, so,
It's the hard-knock row we hoe!
Cotton blankets,
'Steada of wool!
Empty Bellies
'Steada of full!
It's the hard-knock life!
Don't it feel like the wind is always howl'n?
Don't it seem like there's never any light?
Once a day, don't you wanna throw the towel in?
It's easier than puttin' up a fight
No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy
No one cares if you grow or if you shrink
No one dries when your eyes get wet an' weepy!
From the cryin’ you would think this place would sink. Oh!
Empty belly life
Rotten smelly life
Full of sorrow life
No tomorrow life
Santa Claus we never see
Santa Claus, what's that, who's he?
No one cares for you a smidge
When you’re in an Orphanage
It's the hard-knock life
You'll stay up till this dump shines
like the top of the Chrysler Building.
Yank the whiskers from her chin
Jab her with a safety pin
Make her drink a mickey finn
I love you, Miss Hannigan
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It's the hard-knock life for us
It's the hard-knock life for us
No one cares for you a smidge
When you’re in an orphanage
It's the hard-knock life (It's the hard-knock life)
It's the hard-knock life (It's the hard-knock life)
It's the hard-knock life (It's the hard-knock life)
It's the hard-knock life