Lyle Lovett - Moritat (Mack The Knife) Lyrics
(Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill)As performed by Lyle Lovett for the film Quiz Show:See the shark with teeth like razorsYou can read his open faceAnd Macheath, he's got a knife, andIn such an obvious placeOn a beautiful blue Sunday,See a corpse stretched in the StrandSee a man dodge 'round the corner...Mackie's friends will understand.Mr. Meier reported missingLike so many wealthy men:Mack the knife acquired his cashboxGod alone knows how or whenJenny Towler, she turned up latelyWith a knife stuck through her breastWhile Macheath, he walks the embankment,Nonchalantly unimpressedAnd the ghastly fire in Soho,Seven children at a go--In the crowd stands Mac the knife, butHe isn't asked, he doesn't knowAnd the child bride in her nightgown,Whose assailants still at largeViolated in her slumbersMackie how much did you charge?Yes, the child bride in her nightgownWhose assailants still at largeViolated in her slumbersMackie how much did you charge?Mackie how much did you charge?How much did you charge?How much did you charge?How much did you charge?How much did you charge?
