Mack The Knife Lyrics

Mack The Knife lyrics

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 Nick Cave & The Badseeds - Mack The Knife



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 Nick covered this in a segment in September Songs: A Tribute to Kurt Weill 



 



 



 See the shark with teeth like razors



 And he wears them in his face



 And Macheath has got a knife



 But not in such an obvious place



 



 



 Now see the shark, how red his fins are



 As he slashes at his prey



 Mack the Knife wears fancy gloves



 Which gives a minimum away



 



 



 By the Thames' turbid waters



 Men abruptly tumble down



 Well is it plague, or is it cholera



 Or because Macky's in town?



 



 



 And the child bride, in her nighty



 Whose assailant's still at large



 Violated in her slumbers



 Macky how much did you charge?



 



 



 In the ghastly fire in Soho



 Seven children had a go



 In the crowd stands Mack the Knife



 But he isn't asked and he don't know



 



 



 In the crowd stands Mack The Knife



 But he ain't asked and he don't know