High life
Oh, show me the way to the next whiskey bar
Oh, don't ask why, no, don't ask why
For we must find the next whiskey bar
Or if we don't find the next whiskey bar
I tell you we must die, I tell you we must die
I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die
Oh, moon of Alabama, it's time to say goodbye
We've lost our good old mama
And must have whiskey or you know why
Oh, moon of Alabama, it's time to say goodbye
We've lost our good old mama
And must have whiskey or you know why
Oh, show us the way to the next little dollar
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
For we must find the next little dollar
Or if we don't find the next little dollar
I tell you we must die, I tell you we must die
I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die
Oh, moon of Alabama, it's time to say goodbye
We've lost our good old mama
And must have dollar or you know why
Oh, moon of Alabama, it's time to say goodbye
We've lost our good old mama
And must have dollar or you know why
Oh, show us the way to the next little girl
Oh, don't ask why, no, don't ask why
For we must find the next little girl
Or if we don't find the next little girl
I tell you we must die, I tell you we must die
I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die
Oh, moon of Alabama, it's time to say goodbye
We've lost our good old mama
And must have little girl or you know why
Oh, moon of Alabama, it's time to say auf Wiedersehen
We've lost our good old mama
And must have little girl or you know why
You know why, you know why
Oh, don't ask why, no, don't ask why
For we must find the next whiskey bar
Or if we don't find the next whiskey bar
I tell you we must die, I tell you we must die
I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die
Oh, moon of Alabama, it's time to say goodbye
We've lost our good old mama
And must have whiskey or you know why
Oh, moon of Alabama, it's time to say goodbye
We've lost our good old mama
And must have whiskey or you know why
Oh, show us the way to the next little dollar
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why
For we must find the next little dollar
Or if we don't find the next little dollar
I tell you we must die, I tell you we must die
I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die
Oh, moon of Alabama, it's time to say goodbye
We've lost our good old mama
And must have dollar or you know why
Oh, moon of Alabama, it's time to say goodbye
We've lost our good old mama
And must have dollar or you know why
Oh, show us the way to the next little girl
Oh, don't ask why, no, don't ask why
For we must find the next little girl
Or if we don't find the next little girl
I tell you we must die, I tell you we must die
I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die
Oh, moon of Alabama, it's time to say goodbye
We've lost our good old mama
And must have little girl or you know why
Oh, moon of Alabama, it's time to say auf Wiedersehen
We've lost our good old mama
And must have little girl or you know why
You know why, you know why
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Great Doors/Bertolt Brecht cover. I think the 1978 Stage version is better than the Scary Monsters B-side in 1980, though.
did david bowie do this? i thought the doors did. i know the doors did. did he redo it or what?
Check out Bowies' live album Stage
Both are covers of an old tune composed by the famous Kurt Weill, a german composer who wrote, I think, songs for Broadway plays. The most known versions are the ones sang by Ute Lemper and Lotte Lenya.
Kurt Weill did write this, but he wasn't a broadway writer.
He wrote songs to accompany the plays of Burthold Brecht as part of the Berliner Ensemble who ended up in America in the 1930s after being hounded out by the Nazis.
This is from the Play "Baal" in which Bowie appeared.
Kurt Weill also wrote "Mack the Knife" from "The Beggars opera" amongst other things.
i agree that the song is a kurt weil komposition, but i think its originally out of the play "dreigroschenoper". in the play, mackie messer sings it. but im not quite sure
i agree that the song is a kurt weil komposition, but i think its originally out of the play "dreigroschenoper". in the play, mackie messer sings it. but im not quite sure
My mistake. I guess this WAS a Kurt Weil composition. Honest mistake. Kind of reminds me of the song, "Amsterdam," though.
ANYWAYS, the song is about drinking whiskey, stealing money and having sex with little girls... else you DIE!
Interesting that the original lyrics say "lil boy" and not "lil girl"....who wrote this song again? Creeper.