[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 row we hoe!
[Annie:]
Cotton blankets,
[Orphans:]
‘Steada of wool!
[Annie:]
Empty bellies
[Orphans:]
‘Steada of full!
[All:]
It’s the hard knock life!
[Annie:]
Don’t it feel like the wind is always howlin’?
[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 grow or 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!
It’s the hard knock life!
[Molly (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
[Molly:]
Little pig droppings!
[Orphans:]
Jab her with a safety pin
[Molly:]
Rotten orphans!
[Orphans:]
Make her drink a Mickey Finn
[Molly:]
Nobody loves me!
[Orphans:]
I love you, Miss Hannigan!
[Molly:]
Get to work!
Strip them beds!
Scrub that floor!
Polish my shoes!
And I mean start now!
[All:]
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!
* — OST Annie (musical) (саундтрек к мюзиклу «Annie»)