It's the Hard-Knock Life for us!
It's the Hard-Knock Life for us!
'Steada treated - we get tricked!
'Steada 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 wool!
Empty bellies - 'steada full!
It's the Hard-Knock Life!

Don't it feel like the wind is always howlin'?
Don't it seem like there's never any light?
Once a day don't you want to 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 and 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!
- Kill, kill!"

Yank the whiskers from her chin!
"Little Pig Droppings!"
Jab her with a safety-pin!
"Rotten orphans!"
Make her drink a Mickey Finn!
"Nobody loves you!"
I love you miss Hannigan!

"Get to work!"
"Scrape those beds!"
"Scrub that floor!"
"Polish my shoes!"
"And I mean, start now!"

It's the Hard-Knock Life for us!
("Mud in your eye!")
It's the Hard-Knock Life for us!
("Egg in your bear!")
No one cares for you a smidge,
("Hair on your chest!")
when you're in an orphanage!

It's the Hard-Knock Life!
It's the Hard-Knock Life!
It's the Hard-Knock Life!
The Hard-Knock Life!!!

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