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 if 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 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 cries when your eyes get wet and weepy
From all the cryin' you would think this place would sink
Ohhh 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
It's the hard-knock life
It's the hard-knock life