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Cabaret Lyrics by Jessie Buckley

Cabaret (2021 London Cast Recording)

2023

[EMCEE, spoken]
The Kit Kat Club is proud to welcome back an old friend. I give you, and don't you forget to bring her back once you have finished with her, the toast of Mayfair — Fräulein Sally Bowles!

[SALLY]
What good is sitting alone in your room?
Come, hear the music play
Life is a cabaret, old chum
Come to the cabaret

Put down the knitting, the book and the broom
Time for a holiday
Life is a cabaret, old chum
Come to the cabaret

Come taste the wine
Come hear the band
Come blow your horn, start celebrating
Right this way, your tablе's waiting!

No use permitting some prophеt of doom
To wipe every smile away
Life is a cabaret, old chum
Come to the cabaret

I used to have a girlfriend, 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 neighbours 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
And I remember how she'd turn to me and say:

"What good is sitting alone in your room?
Come hear the music play
Life is a cabaret, old chum
Come to the cabaret"

Put down the knitting, the book and the broom
Time for a holiday
Life is a cabaret, old chum
Come to the cabaret

And as for me, as for me
I made my mind up back in Chelsea
When I go, I'm going like Elsie

Start by admitting from cradle to tomb
It isn't that long a stay?
Life is a cabaret, old chum
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Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley

About “Cabaret” by Jessie Buckley

Read the complete lyrics to "Cabaret" by Jessie Buckley from the album "Cabaret (2021 London Cast Recording)" in 2023. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Cover, West End, Musicals.

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"Cabaret" is credited to Jessie Buckley. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Cabaret" appears on "Cabaret (2021 London Cast Recording)" in 2023.

Visit the Jessie Buckley artist page at /artist/jessie-buckley for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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