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Mack The KnifeOh the shark babe, has such teeth, dearAnd he shows them, pearly white Just a jack knife, wears old Macheath, babe And he keeps it, out of sight You know when that shark bites, with his teeth, dear Scarlet billows, start to spread And fancy gloves though, wears old Macheath, babe So there's never, never a trace of red On the sidewalk, oh Sunday morning don't ya know? Lies a body, just oozing life And someone's sneaking round the corner Could that be our boy Mack the knife? From a tug boat down by the river don't ya know? There’s a cement bag just dropping on down That cement’s there, it's there for the weight, dear. Five’ll get you ten old Macheath's back in town D'ya'hear 'bout Louie Miller he disappeared baby After drawing out all his hard earned cash And now Macheath spends, he spends just like a, like a sailor Could it be? Could it be? Could it be our boy's done something rash? Jenny Diver, Oh Sukey Tawdry Look out Miss Lotte Lenya, and old Lucy Brown Yeah the line forms on the right, babe Now that Macheath's back in town I said Jenny diver, Oh Sukey Tawdry Look out Miss Lotte Lenya, and old Lucy Brown Yeah the line forms on the right, babe Now that Macheath's back in town Look out old Macky is back WOOOOW |