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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Natasha Richardson
Natasha Richardson
Vocals
Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming
Speaker
Sam Mendes
Sam Mendes
Conductor
Patrick Vaccariello
Patrick Vaccariello
Conductor
Cabaret Orchestra (1998)
Cabaret Orchestra (1998)
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Fred Ebb
Fred Ebb
Lyrics
Joe Masteroff
Joe Masteroff
Book
John Kander
John Kander
Composer
Christopher Isherwood
Christopher Isherwood
Based on the Work of
John Van Druten
John Van Druten
Based on the Work of
Michael Gibson
Michael Gibson
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jay David Saks
Jay David Saks
Producer
James Nichols
James Nichols
Recording Engineer
Ken Hahn
Ken Hahn
Mixing Engineer
Greg Thompson
Greg Thompson
Assistant Engineer
Chuck Bailey
Chuck Bailey
Assistant Engineer
Rob Marshall
Rob Marshall
Additional Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Ladies and gentlemen, the Kit-Cat Club is so happy
To welcome back an old friend
I give you the toast of Mayfair, Fraülein Sally Bow
[Verse 2]
What good is sitting alone in your room
Come hear the music play
Life is a cabaret, old chum
Come to the cabaret
[Verse 3]
Put down the knitting, the book and the broom
Time for a holiday
Life is a cabaret, old chum
Come to the cabaret
[Verse 4]
Come taste the wine
Come hear the band
Come blow a horn, start celebrating
Right this way your table's waiting
[Verse 5]
No use permitting some prophet of doom
To wipe every smile away
Life is a cabaret, old chum
Come to the cabaret
[Verse 6]
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
[Verse 7]
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
[Verse 8]
I think of Elsie to this very day
I remember how she turned 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"
[Verse 9]
Put down the knitting, the book and the broom
Time for a holiday
Life is a cabaret, old chum
Come to the cabaret
[Verse 10]
And as for me, as for me
I made my mind up back in Chelsea
When I go
I'm going like Elsie
[Verse 11]
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
Written by: Fred Ebb, John Kander
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