Die Seeräuber-Jenny - Amanda Palmer, Arena, Vienna, Austria 31/1 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts For Sale

Text: Bertolt Brecht
Musik: Kurt Weill
1
Gentleman, today you see me washing glasses
And I make the beds for everyone.
And you give me a penny and I quickly thank you
And you see my rags and this shabby ["ragged"] hotel
And you don't know who you're talkin' to.
But one evening there'll be shouting at the harbor
And people will ask: What's all the shouting about?
And people will see me smiling while I do the glasses
And people will say: What's she got to smile about?
And a ship with eight sails
And with fifty cannons
Will lie at the waterfront.
2
They say: Go clean your glasses, my child
And hand me the penny.
And the penny is accepted, and the bed is made!
(Nobody will sleep in it tonight.)
And they still don't know who I am.
But one evening there'll be a fuss at the harbor
And they'll ask: What's all the fuss?
And they'll see me standing behind the window
And they'll say: Why the evil smile?
And the ship with eight sails
And with fifty cannons
Will fire on the town.
3
Gentlemen, then your smile will disappear
'Cause the walls will come tumbling down
And the town will be flattened to the ground.
Only a shabby hotel will be spared from the attack
And they'll ask: Who's the special one living there?
And tonight there'll be shouting around the hotel
And they'll ask: Why was the hotel spared?
And they'll see me step out the door in the morning
And they'll say: She was living there?
And the ship with eight sails
And with fifty cannons
Will fly flags from its mast.
4
And hundreds will come ashore around noon
And will step into the shadows
And will catch anyone in any door
And lay him in chains and bring him before me
And ask: Which one should we kill?
And at that midday it will be quiet at the harbor
When they ask, who has to die.
And then they'll hear me say: All of them!
And when the heads roll, I'll say: Hurray!
And the ship with eight sails
And with fifty cannons
Will disappear with me.
Die Seeräuber-Jenny (Cover) - Amanda Palmer, Arena, Vienna, Austria 31/1 xxxx
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