- It's the Hard-Knock Life
[ORPHANS]
It's the hard-knock life for us!
It's the hard-knock life for us!

[ANNIE]

'Steada treated,

[ORPHANS]

We get tricked!

[ANNIE]

'Steada kisses,

[ORPHANS]

We get kicked!

[ALL]

It's the hard-knock life!
Got no folks to speak of, so,
It's the hard-knock role, we know!

[ANNIE]

Cotton blankets,

[ORPHANS]

'Steada of wool!

[ANNIE]

Empty Bellies

[ORPHANS]

'Steada of full!

[ALL]

It's the hard-knock life!

[ANNIE]

Don't if feel like the wind is always howl'n?

[KATE AND TESSIE]

Don't it seem like there's never any light!

[DUFFY AND JULY]

Once a day, don't you wanna throw the towel in?

[MOLLY AND PEPPER]

It's easier than puttin' up a fight

[ANNIE]

No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy!
No one cares if you growof if you shrink!
No one dries when your eyes get wet an' weepy!

[ALL]

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!

[MOLLY]

Santa Claus we never see

[ANNIE]

Santa Claus, what's that?
Who's he?

[ALL]

No one cares for you a smidge
When you're in an orphanage!
Its the hard-knock life!

[MOLLY]
(Making a whistling sound and imitating Miss Hannigan)
You'll stay up till this dump shines
like the top of the Chrysler Building

[ORPHANS]

Yank the whiskers from her chin
Jab her with a safety Pin
Make her drink a mickey finn
I love you, Miss Hannigan

[ALL]
It's the hard-knock life for us
No one cares for you 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!