Cabaret Musical Album Lyrics - Lyrics On Demand

Alan Cumming - Willkommen
Mary Louise Wilson - So What?
Natasha Richardson - Don't Tell Mama
Natasha Richardson - Mein Herr
Natasha Richardson - Perfectly Marvelous
Erin Hill - Two Ladies
Mary Louise Wilson - It Couldn't Please Me More
Alex Bowen and Alan Cumming - Tomorrow Belongs to Me
Natasha Richardson - Maybe This Time
Alan Cumming - Money
Ron Rifkin - Married
Michele Pawk - Tomorrow Belongs to Me (Reprise)
Cabaret Orchestra (1998) - Entr'acte
Ron Rifkin - Married (Reprise)
Alan Cumming - If You Could See Her
Mary Louise Wilson - What Would You Do?
Alan Cumming - I Don't Care Much
Natasha Richardson - Cabaret
John Benjamin Hickey - Finale

Willkommen
by Alan Cumming

[ Featuring Cabaret Ensemble (1998) ]

[EMCEE]
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!
Fremde, étranger, stranger.
Glücklich zu sehen, je suis enchanté, happy to see you.
Bleibe, reste, stay.

Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome
Im Cabaret, au Cabaret, to Cabaret.

[Spoken]
Meine Damen und Herren, Mesdames et Messieurs, Ladies and Gentlemen!
Guden abend, bon soir, good evening!
Wie geht's? Comment ça va? Do you feel good?
Yeah, I bet you do!
Ich bin euer conférencier; je suis votre compère...
I am you host!

Und sagen
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome
Im Cabaret, au Cabaret, to Cabaret.

[Spoken]
Leave you troubles outside!
So - life is disappointing? Err!? Forget it!
We have no troubles here!
Here life is beautiful...
The girls are beautiful...
Even the orchestra is beautiful!

[Orchestra plays]

You see? I told you the orchestra was beautiful!

And now presenting the Cabaret Girls!
Rosie! (Rosie is so called because of the color of her cheeks.)
Lulu! (Oh, you like Lulu? Huh, yeah? Well, too bad! So does Rosie.)
Frenchie! (You know I like to order Frenchie on the side.
Mhmm. On your side Frenchie! Just kidding.)
Texas! (Yes, Texas is from America! Mhmm!
But she's a very cunning linguist!)
Fritzie! (Oh, Fritzie, would you stop that!
Already this week we have lost two waiters,
a table and three bottles of champagne up there like this.)
And Helga! (Helga is the baby. I'm like a father to her. Mhmm!
So when she's bad, I spank her.
And she's very, very, very, very, very, very bad.)

Rosie, Lulu, Frenchie, Texas, Fritzie... And Helga.
Each and every one a virgin! You don't believe me? Hmm!?
Well don't take my word for it. Go ahead - try Helga!

Outside it is winter. But in here it's so hot. Oo!
Every night we have to battle with the girls to keep
them from taking off all of their clothings. So don't go away.
Who knows? Tonight we may lose the battle!

[KIT KAT GIRLS]
Wir sagen
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome
Im Cabaret, au Cabaret, to Cabaret!

[EMCEE]
We are here to serve you!
And now presenting the Cabaret Boys!
Here they are!
Bobby! Victor!
Or is it
Victor! and Bobby...
You know, there's only really one way to tell the difference...
I'll show you later.
Hans! (Oh Hans, baby, go easy on the sauerkraut!)
Herrman (You know the funny thing about Herrman?
There's nothing funny about Herrman!)
And, finally, the toast of Mayfair, Fräulein Sally Bowles!

[SALLY]
Hello, darlings!

[Orchestra plays]

[EMCEE]
Bliebe, reste, stay!

[ALL]
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome.

[EMCEE]
That's Victor.

[ALL]
Im Cabaret, au Cabaret,
[whispered]
Und sagen
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!
Fremde, étranger, stranger.

[EMCEE]
Hello, stranger!

[ALL]
Glücklich zu sehen, je suis enchanté,

[EMCEE]
Enchanté, Madame.

[All]
Happy to see...

[EMCEE]
You!
Bliebe, reste, stay!

[ALL]
Wir sagen
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!
Fremde, étranger, stranger.
Glücklich zu sehen, je suis enchanté, happy to see you,
Bliebe, reste, stay!

[EMCEE]
Wir sagen

[ALL]
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome
Im Cabaret, au Cabaret, to Cabaret!

[EMCEE]
Thank you!
Bobby, Victor, Hans, Herrman, Rosie, Lulu,
Frenchie,Texas, Fritzie, Helga, Sally and Me!
Welcome to the Kit Kat Klub!

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So What?
by Mary Louise Wilson

[FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER]
You say fifty marks. I say one hundred marks, a
[spoken in rythm]
Difference of fifty marks-
Why should that stand in our way?
As long as the room gets let,
The fifty that I will get
Is fifty more that I had yesterday,
Ja?

When you're as old as I..
Is anyone as old as I?-
What difference does it make?
An offer comes, you take.

[sings]
For the sun will rise
And the moon will set
And learn how to settle
For what you get.
It will all go on if we're here or not
So who cares? So what?
So who cares? So what?

When I was a girl,
My summers were spent by the sea.
So what?
And I had a maid
Doing all of the house-work, not me.
So what?
Now I scrub all the floors
And I wash down the walls
And I empty the chamber pot.
If it ended that way,
Then it ended that way,
And I shrug and I say:
So what?

For the sun will rise
And the moon will set
And learn how to settle
For what you get.
It will all go on if we're here or not
So who cares? So what?
So who cares? So what?

When I had a man,
My figure was dumpy and fat.
So what?
Through all of our years
He was so disappointed in that.
So what?
Now I have what he missed
And my figure is trim,
But he lies in a churchyard plot
If it wasn't to be
That he ever would see
The uncorseted me,
So what?

For the sun will rise
And the moon will set
And learn how to settle
For what you get.
It will all go on if we're here or not
So who cares? So what?
So who cares? So what?

So once I was rich
And now all my fortune is gone,
So what?
And love disappeared
And only the memory lives on,
And so what?

If I've lived through all that
(And I've lived through all that)
Fifty marks doesn't mean a lot.
If I like that you're here
(And I like that you're here)
Happy New Year, my dear,
So what?

For the sun will rise
And the moon will set
And learn how to settle
For what you get.
It will all go on if we're here or not
So who cares? So what?
So who cares? So what?

It all goes on.
So who cares? Who cares?
Who cares? So what?

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Don't Tell Mama
by Natasha Richardson

[ Featuring Alan Cumming, Cabaret Ensemble (1998) ]

[EMCEE]
And now, meine Damen und Herren... Mesdames et
Messieurs... Ladies and Gentlemen- The Kit Kat Klub
Is proud to present a most talented young lady from
England. Yes- England! I give you- and don't forget
To give her back when you're finished with her- the
Toast of Mayfair... Fraulein Sally Bowles!!

[SALLY]
Mama
Thinks I'm living in a convent,
A secluded little convent
In the southern part of France.

Mama
Doesn't even have an inkling
That I'm working in a Nightclub
In a pair of Lacy pants.
So please, sir.
If you run into my Mama,
Don't reveal my indiscretion,
Give a working girl a chance.

Hush up,
Don't tell Mama,
Shush up,
Don't tell Mama...
Don't tell Mama,
Whatever you do.
If you had a secret,
You bet I would keep it.
I would never tell on you.
I'm breaking every promise
That I gave her,
So won't you kindly do a girl
A great big favor?
And please, my sweet patater,
Keep this from the Mater,
Though my dance
Is not against the law.

You can tell my Papa, that's all right,
'Cause he comes in here every night,
But don't tell Mama what you saw!

[ALL]
Mama
Thinks I'm on a tour of Europe,
With a couple of my school chums
And a lady chaperone.

Mama
Doesn't even have an inking
That I left them all in Antwerp
And I'm touring on my own.

So please, Sir
If you run into my Mama
Don't reveal my indiscretion.

[SALLY]
Just leave well enough alone.

Hush up,

[ALL]
Don't tell Mama.

[SALLY]
Shush up,

[ALL]
Don't tell Mama;
Don't tell Mama
Whatever you do.

[SALLY]
If you had a secret,
You bet I would keep it.

[ALL]
I would never tell on you.
You wouldn't want to get me
In a pickle,

[SALLY]
And have her go and cut me off
Without a nickle.

[ALL]
So let's trust one another,
Keep this from my mother,
Though I'm still as pure as mountain snow.

[SALLY]
You can tell my Uncle
Here and now
'Cause he's my agent anyhow,

[KIT KAT GIRLS]
But don't tell Mama what you know.

[SALLY]
You can tell my Grandma,
Suits me fine,
Just yesterday, she joined the line

[KIT KAT GIRLS]
But don't tell Mama what you know.

[SALLY]
You can tell my brother,
That ain't grim
'Cause if he squeals on me
I'll squeal on him,

[ALL]
But don't tell Mama, bitte
Don't tell Mama, please, Sir.
Don't tell Mama, what you know.

[GIRLS]
Sssh!
Sssh!

[SALLY]
If you see my, Mummy,

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Mein Herr
by Natasha Richardson

[ Featuring Alan Cumming, Cabaret Ensemble (1998) ]

[EMCEE]
Meine Damen und Herren. Mesdames et Messieurs,
Ladies and Gentlemen; it is almost midnight!
Husbands- you have only ten seconds in which to
Lose your wives! Five- four- three- two- one!
Happy New Year!

[SALLY]
You have to understand the way I am,
Mein Herr.
A tiger is a tiger, not a lamb.
Mein Herr.
You'll never turn the vinegar to jam,
Mein Herr.
So I do...
What I do...
When I'm through...
Then I'm through...
And I'm through...
Toodle-oo!
Bye-Bye, Mein Lieber Herr.
Farewell, mein Lieber Herr.
It was a fine affair,
But now it's over.
And though I used to care,
I need the open air.
You're better off without me,
Mein Herr.

Don't dab your eye, mein Herr,
Or wonder why, Mein Herr.
I've always told you I was a rover.
You mustn't knit your brow,
You should have known by now
You'd every cause to doubt me,
Mein, Herr.

The continent of Europe is so wide,
Mein Herr.
Not only up and down, but side to side,
Mein Herr.
I couldn't ever cross it if I tried,
Mein Herr.
So I do..
What I can...
Inch by inch...
Step by step...
Mile by mile...
Man by man.

Bye-Bye, Mein Lieber Herr.
Farewell, mein Lieber Herr.
It was a fine affair,
But now it's over.
And though I used to care,
I need the open air.
You're better off without me,
Mein Herr.

[SALLY AND GIRLS]
Don't dab your eye, mein Herr,
Or wonder why, Mein Herr.
I've always told you I was a rover.
You mustn't knit your brow,
You should have known by now
You'd every cause to doubt me,
Mein, Herr.

Bye-bye, mein Lieber Herr,
Auf wiedersehen, mein Herr.
Es war sehr gut, mein Herr
Und vorbei.
Du kennst mich wohl, mein Herr,
Ach, lebe wohl, mein Herr.
Du sollst mich nicht mehr sehen,
Mein Herr.

[SALLY]
Bye-bye, mein Lieber
[GIRLS]
Bye-bye, mein
Lieber Herr
[SALLY]
Herr...
[GIRLS]
Auf weidersehen,
Mein Herr.
Es war sehr gut,
[SALLY]
Und Vorbei.
[GIRLS]
Mein Herr
Und vorbei.

[SALLY]
Du kennst
Mich wohl,
[GIRLS]
Du kennst mich,
Wohl, mein
Herr,

[SALLY]
Mein Herr...
[GIRLS]
Ach, lebe
Wohl, mein
Herr.
Du sollst mich
Nicht mehr
Sehen,
[SALLY]
And bye-bye

[SALLY AND GIRLS]
Bye-Bye, Mein Lieber Herr;
Farewell, mein Lieber Herr.
It was a fine affair,
But now it's over.
And though I-
Used to care,
I need the-
Open air.

[SALLY]
You're better off
Without me,
[GIRLS]
Auf wiedersehen...
[SALLY]
You'll get on
Without me
[GIRLS]
Es war sehr gut...
[SALLY]
Mein
[GIRLS]
Du kennst nicht
[SALLY]
Herr...
[GIRLS]
Wohl...
Ach, lebe wohl!

Bye bye, mein
[SALLY]
Herr,...
[GIRLS]
Auf wiedersehen,...
Bye bye mein Herr!

[EMCEE]
The final performance of Sally Bowles! Thank you,
Sally. Bye-bye!

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Perfectly Marvelous
by Natasha Richardson

[ Featuring John Benjamin Hickey ]

[SALLY (spoken)]
I think people are perfectly marvellous, I really do, Cliff.
Don't you? I don't think people should have to explain
Anything. For example, if I should paint my fingernails green
And it just so happens I do paint them green, well, if anyone
Should ask me why, I say: " I think it's pretty!" ("I think
It's pretty," I reply.) So, if anyone should ask about you
And me, you have two alternatives: you can either say,
"Oh, yes, it's true. We're living in delicious sin." Or
You can simple tell the truth, and say:

I met this perfectly marvellous girl
In this perfectly wonderful place
As I lifted a glass
To the start of a marvellous year.
Before I knew she called on the phone,
Inviting.
Next moment I was no longer alone,
But sat reciting
Some perfectly beautiful verse,
In my charming Amearican style.
How I dazzled her senses
Was truly no less than a crime.

Now I've this perfectly marvelous girl
In my perfectly beautiful room
And we're living together
And having a marvellous time.

[CLIFF (spoken)]
Sally, I'm afraid this wouldn't work out. You're much
Too distracting.

[SALLY (spoken)]
Distracting? No, inspiring!

She tell me perfectly marvellous tales
Of her thrillingly scandalous life
Which I'll probably use
As a chapter or two in my book.

And since my stay in Berlin was to force
Creation,
What luck to fall on a fabulous source
Of stimulation.
And perfectly marvellous, too,
Is her perfect agreement to be
Just as still as a mouse
When I'm giving my novel a whirl.

Yes, I've a highly agreeable life
In my perfectly beautiful room
With my nearly invisible,
Perfectly marvellous, girl.

[CLIFF (spoken)]
Sally- I just can't afford... Do you have any money?

[SALLY]
A few marks... Six!

[CLIFF]
Oh, God!

[SALLY]
Oh, please, Cliff- just for a day or two? Please!

[CLIFF]
I... met... this...
Truly remarkable girl
In this really incredible town,
And she skillfully managed
To talk her way in to my room.

[SALLY]
Oh, Cliff!

[CLIFF]
I have a terrible feeling I've said
A dumb thing.
Beside, I've only got one narrow bed.

[SALLY]
We'll think of something.

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Two Ladies
by Erin Hill

[ Featuring Michael O'Donnell, Alan Cumming ]

[EMCEE (spoken)]
So, you see, everybody in Berlin has a perfectly
Marvellous roommate. Some people have two people.

[GIRL 1]
Beedle dee, deedle dee, dee!

[GIRL 2]
Beedle dee, deedle dee, dee!

[EMCEE]
Beedle dee, deedle dee, Beedle dee, deedle dee,
Dee!

[GIRLS]
Beedle dee, dee dee dee,

[EMCEE]
Two ladies.

[GIRLS]
Beedle dee, dee dee dee,

[EMCEE]
Two ladies.

[GIRLS]
Beedle dee, dee dee dee,

[EMCEE]
And I'm the only man,
Ja!

[GIRLS]
Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

[EMCEE]
I like it.

[GIRLS]
Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

[EMCEE]
They like it.

[GIRLS]
Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

[EMCEE]
This two for one.
Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

[GIRLS]
Two ladies.

[EMCEE]
Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

[GIRLS]
Two ladies.

[EMCEE]
Beedle dee, dee dee dee,

[GIRLS]
Und he's the only man

[EMCEE]
Ja!

[GIRLS]
Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

[GIRL 1]
He likes it.

[EMCEE]
Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

[GIRL 2]
We like it.

[EMCEE]
Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

[GIRLS]
This two for one.

[GIRL 2]
I do the cooking...

[GIRL 1]
Und I make the bed.

[EMCEE]
I go out daily
To earn our daily bread.
But we've one thing in common,

[GIRL 1]
He...

[EMCEE]
She...

[GIRL 2]
And me,

[GIRL 1]
The key,

[EMCEE]
Beedle dee, dee,

[GIRL 2]
The key,

[EMCEE]
Beedle dee, dee, the key,

[GIRLS]
Beedle dee, deedle dee, deedle dee, dee!

[DANCE]

[GIRLS]
Ooh! Aah! Ooh! Aah!

[EMCEE]
We switch partners daily
To play as we please.

[GIRLS]
Twosies beats onesies,

[EMCEE]
But nothing beats threes.
I sleep in the middle,

[GIRL 1]
I'm left,

[GIRL 2]
Und I'm right,

[EMCEE]
But there's room on the bottom
If you drop in some night.

[GIRLS]
Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

[EMCEE]
Two ladies.
Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

[GIRLS]
Two ladies.
Beedle dee, dee dee dee,
And he's the only man.

[ALL]
Ja!
Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

[EMCEE]
I like it,

[GIRLS]
Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

[EMCEE]
They like it!

[GIRLS]
Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

[ALL]
This tow for one.
Beedle dee, deedle dee, deedle dee,
Deedle dee, dee!

[EMCEE (spoken)]
Thank you! Lulu! Bobby! And me!!
Oh, I'm so hot now!
Come, my Lieblings, upstairs!

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It Couldn't Please Me More
by Mary Louise Wilson

[ Featuring Ron Rifkin ]

[FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER (spoken)]
Herr Schultz. Can I beleive what I see?
But this is too much to accept.
It's so rare... so costly... so luxurious...

If you brought me diamonds,
If you brought me pearls,
If you brought me roses
Like some other gents
Might bring to other girls,
It couldn't please me more
Than the gift I see;
A pineapple for me.

[SCHULTZ]
If in your emotion
You begin to sway
Went to get some air
Or grabbed a chair
To keep from fainting dead away,
It couldn't please me more
Than to see you cling
To the pineapple I bring.

[BOTH]
Ah...

[FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER]
I can hear Hawaiian breezes blow

[BOTH]
Ah...

[SCHULTZ]
It's from California

[FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER]
Even so.
How am I to thank you?

[SCHULTZ]
Kindly let it pass,

[FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER]
Would you like a slice?

[SCHULTZ]
That might be nice,
But frankly, it would give me gas.

[FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER]
Then we shall leave it here,
Not ot eat, but see:

[BOTH]
A pineapple...

[FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER]
For me.

[SCHULTZ]
From me.

[BOTH]
Ah...

[dance]

[FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER (spoken)]
But you must not bring me any more pineapples.
Do you hear? It is not proper.
It is a gift a young man would bring to his lady-love.
It makes me blush.

[SCHULTZ (spoken)]
But there is no-one... no-one in all of Berlin who is
More deserving.
If I could, I would fill your entire room with pineapples!

A pineapples
For you,

[FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER]
From you.

[BOTH (with Emcee)]
Ah...
Ah...

[FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER (spoken)]
I think I will lie down for a few moments. My head is
Spinning!

[SCHULTZ]
Fraulein Schneider... good evening.

[FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER]
Good evening, Herr Schultz.
(Opens her bedroom door, turns to Schultz.)
I am... overwhelmed!
(She goes in and closes the door.)

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Tomorrow Belongs to Me
by Alex Bowen and Alan Cumming

[ Featuring Alan Cumming ]

The sun on the meadow is summery warm
The stag in the forest runs free
But gather together to greet the storm
Tomorrow belongs to me

The branch of the linden is leafy and green
The Rhine gives its gold to the sea
But somewhere a glory awaits unseen
Tomorrow belongs to me

The babe in his cradle is closing his eyes
The blossom embraces the bee
But soon, says a whisper
Arise, arise, tomorrow belongs

To me!

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Writer: Fred Ebb, John Kander
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Maybe This Time
by Natasha Richardson

[SALLY]
Maybe this time, I'll be lucky
Maybe this time, he'll stay
Maybe this time
For the first time
Love won't hurry away

He will hold me fast
I'll be home at last
Not a loser anymore
Like the last time
And the time before

Everybody loves a winner
So nobody loved me;
'Lady Peaceful,' 'Lady Happy,'
That's what I long to be
All the odds are in my favor
Something's bound to begin
It's got to happen, happen sometime
Maybe this time I'll win

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Money
by Alan Cumming

[ Featuring Cabaret Ensemble (1998) ]

[EMCEE]
Money makes the world go around
The world go around
The world go around
Money makes the world go around
It makes the world go 'round.

A mark, a yen, a buck, or a pound
A buck or a pound
A buck or a pound
Is all that makes the world go around,
That clinking clanking sound
Can make the world go 'round.

[GIRLS]
Money money money money money money
Money money money money money money
Money money money money money money
Money money

[EMCEE]
If you happen
To be rich,
[GIRLS]
.......Ooooh
[EMCEE]
And you feel like a
Night's enetertainment,
[GIRLS]
...Money
[EMCEE]
You can pay for a
Gay escapade.
[GIRLS]
Money money
Money money
Money money
Money money
[EMCEE]
If you happen to
To be rich,
[GIRLS]
.......Ooooh
[EMCEE]
And alone, and you
Need a companion
[GIRLS]
...Money
[EMCEE]
You can ring-ting-
A-ling for the maid.
[EMCEE]
If you happen
To be rich
[GIRLS]
.....Ooooh
[EMCEE]
And you find you are
Left by your lover,
[GIRLS]
...Money
[EMCEE]
Though you moan
And you groan
Quite a lot,
[GIRLS]
Money money
Money money
Money money
Money money
[EMCEE]
You can take it
On the chin,
[GIRLS]
.....Ooooh
[EMCEE]
Call a cab,
And begin
[GIRLS]
...Money
[EMCEE]
To recover
On your fourteen-
Carat yacht.

[EMCEE]
Money makes the world go around,
The world go around,
The world go around,
Money makes the world go around,
Of that we can be sure.
(....) on being poor.

[ALL]
Money money money-
Money money money
Money money money-
Money money money
Money money money money money money
Money money money money money money
Money money money money money money

[DANCE BREAK]

[EMCEE AND GIRLS (In Canon)]
If you haven't any coal in the stove
And you freeze in the winter
And you curse on the wind
At your fate
When you haven't any shoes
On your feet
And your coat's thin as paper
And you look thirty pounds
Underweight.
When you go to get a word of advice
From the fat little pastor
He will tell you to love evermore.
But when hunger comes a rap,
Rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat at the window...

[GIRLS]
At the window...

[EMCEE (spoken)]
Who's there?

[GIRLS (spoken)]
Hunger!

[EMCEE (Spoken)]
Ooh, hunger!

See how love flies out the door...
For

[EMCEE]
Money makes
The world...
[GIRLS]
...Go around
[EMCEE]
The world...
[GIRLS]
...Go around
[EMCEE]
The world...
[GIRLS]
...Go around
[EMCEE]
Money makes the
.... Go around
[GIRLS]
...Go around

That clinking
Clanking sound of
Money money money money money money
Money money money money money money

[EMCEE]
Get a little,
[GIRLS]
Money money
[EMCEE]
Get a little,
[GIRLS]
Money money
[EMCEE]
Money money
[GIRLS]
Money money
[EMCEE]
Money money
[GIRLS]
Money money

[EMCEE]
Mark, a yen, a buck
[GIRLS]
Get a little
[EMCEE]
Or a pound
[GIRLS]
Get a little
[EMCEE]
That clinking clanking
[GIRLS]
Get a little
Get a little

[EMCEE]
Clinking sound

[GIRLS]
Money money
Money money...

[EMCEE]
Is all that makes
The world go 'round

[GIRLS]
Money money
Money money

It makes the world go round!

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Married
by Ron Rifkin

[ Featuring Michele Pawk, Mary Louise Wilson ]

[SCULTZ (spoken)]
You hesitate because you have never been married.
It frightens you. Believe me, it can work wonders...

How the world can change
It can change like that-
Due to one little word:
"married".
See a palace rise
From a two room flat
Due to one little word:
"Married".

And the old despair
That was often there
Suddenly ceases to be
For you wake one day,
Look around and say:
Somebody wonderful married me.

[FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER (spoken)]
You don't think it would be better simply to go
On as before?

[SCHULTZ]
No.

[FRAULEIN KOST]
O wie wunderbar,
Nichts ist so wie-es-war,
Durch ein winziges wort:
"Heirat."

Aus dem erdgeschoss
Wird ein marchenschloss
Durch ein winziges wort:
"Heirat".

Und das grau
Wird auf einmal blau,
Wie noch kein blau jemals war.
Und dann steht man da,
Sagt beseligt'ja,
Heut'wird mein traum
Nicht so grau in grau.'

[whispered]
Ah! wie wunderbar,
Nichts ist so wie-es-war,
Durch ein winziges wort:
"Heirat."

Aus dem erdgeschoss
Wird ein marchenschloss
Durch ein winziges wort:
"Heirat".

[SCHULTZ]
And the old despair
[FRAULEIN KOST]
Und das grau
In grau
[SCHULTZ]
That was often there
[FRAULEIN KOST]
Wird auf einmal
Blau,
[SCHULTZ]
Suddenly ceases to be
[FRAULEIN KOST]
Heut nacht
Mein traum
Jemals war.

[SCHULTZ AND SCHNEIDER]
For you wake one day,
Look around and say:

[SCHULTZ]
"Somebody wonderful"

[FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER]
"Somebody wonderful"

[BOTH ]
"Married me."

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Tomorrow Belongs to Me (Reprise)
by Michele Pawk

[ Featuring Denis O'Hare, Cabaret Ensemble (1998) ]

[FRÄULEIN KOST, spoken]
Herr Ludwig, you are not leaving so early?

[ERNST, spoken]
I do not find this party amusing

[FRÄULEIN KOST, spoken]
Ah, but it is just beginning
Come, we will make it amusing, you and I, ja, ja?
Herr Ludwig, this is for you

(sung)
The sun on the meadow is summery warm
The stag in the forest runs free
But gather together to greet the storm
Tomorrow belongs to me

The branch of the linden is leafy and green
The Rhine gives its gold to the sea
But somewhere a glory awaits unseen
Tomorrow belongs to me

(spoken)
Herr Ludwig, sing with me

[FRÄULEIN KOST AND ERNST]
The babe in his cradle is closing his еyes
The blossom embracеs the bee
But soon, says a whisper, "Arise, arise
Tomorrow belongs to me"

[FRÄULEIN KOST, spoken]
Everybody!

[ALL, except FRÄULEIN SCHNEIDER, SCHULTZ, CLIFF & SALLY, who stand watching]
Oh fatherland, fatherland, show us the sign
Your children have waited to see
The morning will come when the world is mine
Tomorrow belongs to me

Oh fatherland, fatherland, show us the sign
Your children have waited to see
The morning will come when the world is mine
Tomorrow belongs to me

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Entr'acte
by Cabaret Orchestra (1998)

[ Featuring Patrick Vaccariello ]

[Instrumental]

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Married (Reprise)
by Ron Rifkin

[ Featuring Mary Louise Wilson ]

[HERR SCHULTZ]
And the old despair
That was often there
Suddenly ceases to be
For you wake one day
Look around and say
Somebody wonderful married—

[A brick shatters HERR SCHULTZ's window.]

(spoken)
It's nothing!
Children on their way to school
Mischievous children!
Nothing more, I assure you
School children
Young, full of mischief
You understand?

[FRÄULEIN SCHNEIDER, spoken]
I understand

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If You Could See Her
by Alan Cumming

[ Featuring Joyce Chittick ]

[EMCEE]
I know what you're thinking
You wonder why I chose her
Out of all the ladies in the world
That's just a first impression
What good's a first impression, err?
If you knew her like I do
It would change your point of view

If you could see her through my eyes
You wouldn't wonder at all
If you could see her through my eyes
I guarantee you would fall
Like I did
When we're in public together
I hear society moan
But if they could see her through my eyes
Maybe they'd leave us alone

[EMCEE, spoken]
There you are my liеbling, your favorite

[GORILLA, grunted]
Hoo, hoo

[EMCEE]
How can I speak of her virtuеs?
I don't know where to begin:
She's clever, she's smart, she reads music
She doesn't smoke or drink gin
Like I do
Yet when we're walking together
They sneer if I'm holding her hand
But if they could see her through my eyes
Maybe they'd all understand

Why can't they leave us alone?

[EMCEE, spoken]
Meine Damen und Herren
Mesdames et messieurs
Ladies *giggle* and gentlemen
Is it a crime to fall in love?
Can we ever tell where the heart truly leads us?
All we are asking is "Ein bißchen Verständnis"—
A little understanding
Why can't the world "Leben und Leben lassen"—
Live and let live?

[EMCEE]
I understand your objection
Ooh, I grant you the problem's not small
But if you could see her through my eyes...

[EMCEE, spoken]
She wouldn't look Jewish at all

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What Would You Do?
by Mary Louise Wilson

[ Featuring John Benjamin Hickey ]

HERR SCHULTZ]
And the old despair
That was often there
Suddenly ceases to be
For you wake one day
Look around and say
Somebody wonderful married—

[A brick shatters HERR SCHULTZ's window.]

(spoken)
It's nothing!
Children on their way to school
Mischievous children!
Nothing more, I assure you
School children
Young, full of mischief
You understand?

[FRÄULEIN SCHNEIDER, spoken]
I understand

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I Don't Care Much
by Alan Cumming

[EMCEE]
I don't care much
Go or stay
I don't care very much
Either way
Hearts grow hard
On a windy street
Lips grow cold
With the rent to meet
So if you kiss me
If we touch
Warning's fair
I don't care
Very much

I don't care much
Go or stay
I don't care very much
Either way
Words sound false
When your coat's too thin
Feet don't waltz
When the roof caves in
So if you kiss me
If we touch
Warning's fair
I don't care
Very much

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Cabaret
by Natasha Richardson

[ Featuring Alan Cumming ]

[EMCEE, spoken]
And now, meine Damen und Herren
Mesdames et messieurs
Ladies and gentlemen
The Kit Kat Club is so happy
To welcome back an old friend
I give you 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 thе wine
Come hear thе band
Come blow a horn, start celebrating
Right this way, your table's waiting

No use permitting some prophet 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 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:

"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
Isn't that long a stay
Life is a cabaret, old chum
Only a cabaret, old chum
And I love a cabaret!

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Finale
by John Benjamin Hickey

[ Featuring Alan Cumming ]

[LOUDSPEAKER VOICE]
Letzte Ansage. Berlin-Paris Express abfahrt vier Uhr Bahnsteig siebzehn. Alle einsteigen, bitte. Letzte Ansage.

[OFFICIAL, spoken]
Deutsche Grenzkontrolle. Ihren Pass bitte.

I hope you have enjoyed your stay in Germany, Mr. Bradshaw. And you will return again soon.

[CLIFF, spoken]
It's not very likely.

[OFFICIAL, spoken]
You did not find our country beautiful?

[CLIFF, spoken]
Yes. I found it beautiful.

[OFFICIAL, spoken]
A good journey, sir.

[CLIFF, spoken]
There was a cabaret and there was a Master of Cerеmonies
And there was a city callеd Berlin in a country called Germany
It was the end of the world
And I was dancing with Sally Bowles and we were both fast asleep...

Cabaret
Natasha Richardson

(sung)
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome
Fremde, étranger, stranger

[CLIFF & EMCEE]
Glücklich zu sehen
Je suis enchanté

[EMCEE]
Happy to see you
Bleibe, reste, stay

(spoken)
Meine Damen und Herren
Mesdames et messieurs
Ladies and gentlemen
Where are your troubles now?
Forgotten?
I told you so
We have no troubles here
Here, life is beautiful
The girls are beautiful
Even the orchestra is beautiful

Auf wiedersehen
À bientôt

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Cabaret is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff. It is based on the 1951 play I Am a Camera by John Van Druten, which in turn was based on the 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood.

Set in 1929-1930 Berlin during the twilight of the Jazz Age as the Nazis rise to power, the musical focuses on the hedonistic nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around American writer Clifford Bradshaw's relations with English cabaret performer Sally Bowles. A subplot involves the doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor. Overseeing the action is the Master of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub, and the club itself serves as a metaphor for ominous political developments in late Weimar Germany.

The original Broadway production opened on November 20, 1966, at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City and became a box office hit that ran for 1,166 performances. The production won eight Tony Awards and inspired numerous subsequent productions around the world as well as the 1972 film of the same name.

This album version is the 1998 New Broadway Cast Recording.
-Wikipedia

Genre(s): Soundtrack, Musical, Musical theatre, show tune
Released: June 30th, 1998
Year: 1998

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