It's The Hard-Knock Life

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
stead a wool
Empty Bellies
'Stead a full!
It's the hard-knock life!

Don't it feel like the wind is always howl'in?
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 drys when your eyes get red and weepy
From all the cryin' you would think this place's a sink!
Ohhhh!
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.

(Making a whistling sound and imitating Miss Hannigan)
You're gonna clean this dump till it 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
Get to work!
Strip them beds!
I said get to work!
It's the hard-knock life for us.

Merry Christmas (in backround)
It's the hard-knock life for us
No one cares for you a smidge.

Merry Christmas (in backround)
When your in an orphanage
It's the hard-knock life!
It's the hard-knock life!
It's the hard-knock life!