Charles Strouse, Andrea McArdle, Annie Ensemble & Peter Howard -
Annie - Original Broadway Cast Recording
Annie: It's the Hard-Knock Life
It's a hard-knock life for us!
It's a 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 how!
Cotton blankets,
'Stead of wool!
Empty bellies
'Stead of full!
It's a hard-knock life!
Don't it feel like the wind is always howling?
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 putting up a fight
No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy
No one cares if you grow... of if you shrink
No one dries when your eyes get wet an' weepy
From all the cryin' you would think this place's a sink
Ohhh!
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
It's the hard-knock life for us
No one cares for a smidge
When your in an orphanage
It's the hard-knock life
It's the hard-knock life
It's the hard-knock life!
It's a 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 how!
Cotton blankets,
'Stead of wool!
Empty bellies
'Stead of full!
It's a hard-knock life!
Don't it feel like the wind is always howling?
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 putting up a fight
No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy
No one cares if you grow... of if you shrink
No one dries when your eyes get wet an' weepy
From all the cryin' you would think this place's a sink
Ohhh!
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
It's the hard-knock life for us
No one cares for a smidge
When your in an orphanage
It's the hard-knock life
It's the hard-knock life
It's the hard-knock life!
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin
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Other Album Tracks
- Annie: Overture
- Annie: Maybe
- Annie: It's the Hard-Knock Life
- Annie: Tomorrow
- Annie: We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover
- Annie: Little Girls
- Annie: I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here
- Annie: N.Y.C
- Annie: Easy Street
- Annie: You Won't Be an Orphan for Long
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