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VERSE (*whiskey*)
Oh, show *me/us/us* the way to the next *whiskey* bar
Oh, don't ask why
*No/Oh/No*, don't ask why
For we must find *the/our/the* next *whiskey* bar
Or if we don't find *the/our/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
CHORUS (*whiskey*)
Oh, Moon of Alabama,
it's time to say good-bye
We've lost our good ol' mama,
and must have *whiskey*, oh, you know why
CHORUS (*whiskey*)
VERSE (*little dollar*)
CHORUS (*dollar*)
CHORUS (*dollar*)
VERSE (*little girl*)
CHORUS (*little girl*)
Oh, Moon of Alabama
it's time to say auf Wiedersehen
We've lost our good ol' mama
and must have little girl, oh, you know why
You know why
You know why
Oh, show *me/us/us* the way to the next *whiskey* bar
Oh, don't ask why
*No/Oh/No*, don't ask why
For we must find *the/our/the* next *whiskey* bar
Or if we don't find *the/our/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 good-bye
We've lost our good ol' mama,
and must have *whiskey*, oh, you know why
CHORUS (*dollar*)
CHORUS (*little girl*)
it's time to say auf Wiedersehen
We've lost our good ol' mama
and must have little girl, oh, you know why
You know why
You know why
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Submitted by
saturnine On Apr 27, 2004
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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
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.
Interesting that the original lyrics say "lil boy" and not "lil girl"....who wrote this song again? Creeper.