Life is just a snowball Waiting for a windfall Fate's a cool virtuoso When Lady Luck swings to vertigo Don't you know that love is a many splintered thing When your love ceases to be entertaining So you wise up to the rhythm And hold his heart for ransom Say bye bye handsome It's a cold, cold system God bless Broadway Applause is the worthiest cause Life inside a snowball Waiting for a curtain call Better not lean on that highball When the box office falls We're all just clowns for hire Walking on that high wire Miming all desires So sweetly inspired by yesterday's fire Life is just a snowball Who can say you have it all Just look through the glass so clearly Sounds and whispers calling "love you dearly" And all these checkered lines and fatal lies Disappear so sincerely Chalk it up