That’s Life (SMASH Cast Version) lyrics

[IVY]
That's life, that's what people say
You're riding high in April
Shot down in May
But I know I'm gonna change their tune
When I'm back, back on top in June

[KAREN]
Mmmm, that's life, funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks
Steppin' on a dream
But I just can't let them get me down, no, no
'Cause this big old world keeps spinnin' around

[IVY]
I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate
A poet, a pawn and a queen

[KAREN]
I've been up and down and over and out
And, oh, the drama I've seen

[IVY]
Each time I find myself flat on my face

[KAREN]
I pick myself up and get back in the race
[KAREN & IVY]
That's life

[KAREN]
Oh, I can't deny it

[IVY]
I thought of quittin'
Oh, but my friends just wouldn't buy it

[KAREN]
But if I thought it wasn't worth a try
Oh, I'd just jump right up on that big bird and then I'd fly

[KAREN & IVY]
I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate
A poet, a pawn and a queen
I've been up and down and over and out
And, oh, the drama we've seen

[IVY]
Each time we find ourselves...

[KAREN]
...flat on our face
[KAREN & IVY]
We pick ourselves up and get back in the race

[KAREN]
That's life

[IVY]
That's life

[KAREN & IVY]
Oh, I can't deny it

[IVY]
I thought of quittin'
But Eileen just won't buy it

[KAREN]
So sister

[IVY]
Mother

[KAREN]
Broadway star

[IVY]
Or wife
I just thank God for the present
[KAREN]
The present
That's life

[IVY]
That's life

[KAREN]
That's life

[IVY]
That's life

[KAREN]
That's life

[KAREN & IVY]
That's life