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Music: Jacques Brel<br>
Lyrics: Jacques Brel<br>
English Lyrics: Eric Blau & Mort Schuman<br>
Premiere: Monday, January 22, 1968<br>
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Join us now, we're on a marathon<br>
We're always dancing when the music plays<br>
Join us now, we're on a marathon<br>
Dancing, dancing through the nights and days<br>
We must dance because the Twenties roar<br>
The Twenties roar because there's bathtub gin<br>
Vo-de-o-do and the road to sin<br>
The road to whoopee and a whole lot more<br>
Charles A. Lindberg, tons of confetti<br>
Dempsey-Tunney, Sacco and Vanzetti<br>
Black, black Monday and the market drops<br>
But we keep on dancing, dancing, we can't stop<br>
Marathon, marathon<br>
Mara, mara, marathon<br>
Join us now, we're on a marathon<br>
We're always dancing when the music plays<br>
Join us now, we're on a marathon<br>
Dancing, dancing through the nights and days<br>
We must dance because the Thirties scream<br>
The Thirties scream because the Horsemen ride<br>
Orphan Annie lives, Daddy Warbucks dies<br>
Breadlines, shanty towns, Frankenstein's bride<br>
Adolf Hitler and the Siegfried follies<br>
Joseph Stalin and a bag full of jollies<br>
Call your broker and buy marzipan<br>
While we keep on dancing, dancing on and on<br>
Marathon, marathon<br>
Mara, mara, marathon<br>
Marathon, marathon<br>
Mara, mara, marathon<br>
Join us now, we're on a marathon<br>
We're always dancing when the music plays<br>
Join us now, we're on a marathon<br>
Dancing, dancing through the nights and days<br>
We must dance because the Forties burn<br>
The Forties burn because the trumpets blare<br>
The Yanks are coming, coming over there<br>
Auschwitz, Edelweiss, Drang und Sturm<br>
Manhattan Project, Robert Oppenheim<br>
God makes mushrooms just as God makes time<br>
Peace is sweet, man, like a lollipop<br>
So we keep on dancing, dancing, we won't stop<br>
Marathon, marathon<br>
Mara, mara, marathon<br>
Marathon, marathon<br>
Mara, mara, marathon<br>
Join us now, we're on a marathon<br>
We're always dancing when the music plays<br>
Join us now, we're on a marathon<br>
Dancing, dancing through the nights and days<br>
We must dance because the Fifties zing<br>
The Fifties zing because the Sixties swing<br>
And the Seventies flash and the Eighties bang<br>
And the Nineties whimper and the century hangs<br>
Robots working in the cotton fields<br>
Vacations on Venus just a tourist deal<br>
Fornication on tape, instant happiness<br>
So we keep on dancing, dancing, we can't rest<br>
Marathon, marathon<br>
Mara, mara, marathon<br>
Marathon, marathon<br>
Mara, mara, marathon<br>
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