FRANK SINATRA - Mack The Knife lyrics

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Writer(s): weill/brecht/blitzstein<br><br>Oh, the shark has pretty teeth dear<br>And he shows 'em, pearly white<br>Just a jack knife has macheath dear<br>And he keeps it way out of sight<br><br>When that shark bites with his teeth, dear<br>Scarlet billows begin to spread<br>Fancy gloves though has macheath dear<br>So there's never, never a trace of red<br><br>On the sidewalk, one sunday morning<br>Lies a body, oozin' life<br>Someone's sneaking 'round the corner<br>Could that someone be mack the knife<br><br>From a tugboat, on the river going slow<br>A cement bag is dropping on down<br>You know that cement is for the weight dear<br>You can make a large bet mackie's back in town<br><br>My man louis miller, he split the scene babe<br>After drawing out all the bread from his stash<br>Now macheath spends like a sailor<br>Do you suppose our boy, he's done something rash<br><br>Old satchmo, louis armstrong, bobby darrin<br>Did this song nice, lady ella too<br>They all sang it, with so much feeling<br>That old blue eyes, he ain't gonna add nothing new<br><br>But with this big band, jumping behind me<br>Swinging hard, jack, I now I can't lose<br>When I tell you, all about mack the knife babe<br>It's an offer, you can never refuse<br><br>We got patrick williams, bill miller playing that piano<br>And this great big band, bringing up the rear<br>All the band cats, in this band now<br>They make the greatest sounds, you're ever gonna hear<br><br>Oh sookie taudry, jenny diver, polly peachum, old miss lulu brown<br><br>Hey the line forms, on the right dear<br>Now that macheath's back in town<br>You'd better lock your doors, and call the law<br>Because macheath's back in town