You'll just let her go The lights go out The show goes on She leaves town If you know what's good for you Or you'll end up next to me in her sideshow She's a big top ten with bright spotlights That woman sure knows how to shine You almost can't believe

It wasn't long ago And I was just like you And now I think I'm sick And I want to go home I saw my friend the other day And I don't' know Exactly just what he became It goes show How have I been how have you been

Dig, man, there goes Mack The Knife! Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear And it shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has MacHeath, dear And he keeps it out of sight When the shark bites with his teeth, dear Scarlet billows start to spread Fancy

If I loose my cool in the open and it shows That I'm down and I ain't alright I search my soul where there is no moon The trees all cross and are covered in moss Where nobody ever goes and a warm wind blows I catch my buzz in the black of night Oh, I got

Introducing me Doo doo, doo doo doo doo Here it goes Gonna tell you this The part of me that shows if you're close Gonna let you see everything But remember that you asked for it I'll try to do my best to impress But it's easier to let you take a guess

I wanna tell you something, give you something Show you in so many ways 'Cause it would all mean nothing if I don't say something before it all goes away Don't wanna wait to bring you flowers, waste another hour let alone another day I'm gonna tell you

Dig, man, there goes Mack The Knife! Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear And it shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has MacHeath, dear And he keeps it out of sight When the shark bites with his teeth, dear Scarlet billows start to spread Fancy

"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell It was a teenage wedding, and the old folks wished them well You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle And now the young monsieur and madame have rung the chapel bell

And she knew Going on with the show Come on baby Frankie died just the other night Some say it was suicide But we know How the story goes With his six string knife And his street wise pride

Turn the key, turn the volume up to loud Roll right, roll every window down Let the whole block know what this is about That beat is hot This is how it goes Welcome one and all to the show