Cabaret (Live at the Beacon Theatre)

Lyrics

[Intro] A-one, two One, two, three, four [Verse 1] What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play Life is a cabaret, old chum Come to the cabaret [Verse 2] Put down the knitting, the book and the broom It's time for a holiday Oh, life is a cabaret, old chum Come to the cabaret [Bridge] Come taste the wine Come hear the band Come blow that horn, start celebrating Right this way, your table's waiting [Verse 3] No use permitting some prophet of doom To wipe every smile away Life is a cabaret, old chum Come to thе cabaret! [Interlude] I used to have this girlfriеnd known as Elsie With whom I shared four sordid rooms in Chelsea She wasn't what you'd call a blushing flower As a matter of fact, she rented by the hour The day she died the neighbors came to snicker "Well, that's what comes from too much pills and liquor" But when I saw her laid out like a queen She was the happiest corpse I'd ever seen I think of Elsie to this very day I remember how she'd turn to me and say: [Verse 1] "Hallo, what good is sitting all alone in your bloody room? Come hear the music play Oh, life is a cabaret, old chum Come to the cabaret" [Bridge] And as for me, ha! And as for me I made my mind up back in Chelsea When I go I'm not going like Elsie [Verse 4] Start by admitting from cradle to tomb It isn't that long a stay Life is a cabaret, old chum It's only a cabaret, old chum And I love a cabaret! [Outro] Thank you Oh Darling, thank you Ah Look at this Thank you Ah I love you We love you too