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 bellys steada full
It's the hard knock life
Don't it seems like
the wind is always howlin'
Don't it feels 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
and weepy
From the crying you
would think this place'd 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're gonna clean this dump
till it shines like the
top of the Chrysler Building
Yank her whiskers
from her chin
Jab her with the safety pin
Make her drink a Mickey Finn
I love you Miss Hannigan
Get to work Strip the beds
I said get to work
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