CABARET LYRICS
All Lyrics © and (p) Ripper Mojo Music

CABARET

It’s a cabaret,
so much pomp and circumstance.
It’s a theatre of pain,
when we dance that final dance.
Suits, stockings, and high-heeled shoes
I shed a tear while I sing the blues
‘ cause I’m your baby doll tonight.

It’s a masquerade
A promenade
As I lie here naked on the floor
All the pageantry
The apathy
Well, I just can’t take it anymore no, no…

Can’t take no more…

It’s a dirty dance
with a slow bump and grind.
It’s a stage
And all the world can see me.
It’s a game that all the bad girls play
It’s a drag, but that’s okay
‘ cause you’re my baby doll tonight.

It’s a masquerade
A promenade
As I lie here naked on the floor
All the pageantry
It’s a tragedy
and I just can’t take it anymore no, no…

Can’t take no more

It’s an apparition in an absinthe haze,
It’s a drag, but that’s okay
cause you’re my baby doll tonight.

It’s a masquerade
A promenade
As I lie here naked on the floor
All the pageantry
The apathy
Well, I just can’t take it anymore no, no…

Can’t take no more…

INDIGO SONG

I don’t know
Is it fading away?
Tell me
Or is it too bright to see?
Look back
Is it a sign if the times?
Tell me
I think it faded away….

There’s a poetry in motion

Can I see the light shine down
when I stare into the sun?
And I try to wipe away the clouds,
So I can see right through the sun.
Can I see the light shine down
when I stare into the sun?
And I try to wipe away the clouds,
So I can see right through the sun.

Don’t talk
It’s time to listen to me.
Shine, shine
Now stare away at the sea.
What now?
A whisper inside my ear.
Can’t hear
I think it faded away…

There’s a poetry in motion

Come into realization
I’m feeling indigo
Feel the crystal sensation
Emanate and start to glow
I’m feeling indigo
I’m feeling indigo

Repeat chorus, ad lib to end

JOHANNA'S CAFE

Frustration in your eyes
and you feel as if you’re wasting time.
You watch the days go by
you step ahead, then fall, and you’re barely getting by.
You keep pleading
and no one seems to hear.
Through the tears you’re dreaming
and your vision remains clear.

I want to know
Why you feel the river flow
Dreaming away in Johanna’s Café
Close your eyes and sleep
Your day will come.

They claim to be your friends,
but they only hang around for the prize that’s in the end.
You give yourself away.
you’re bleeding everyday, but that’s the price you pay.
So you keep hanging on
sing your song, same old song.
Bitterness inside
you hide it with a smile, and wonder what went wrong.

I want to know
Why you feel the river flow
Dreaming away in Johanna’s Café
Close your eyes and sleep
Your day will come.

Will come, will come, oooh

I want to know
Why you feel the river flow
Dreaming away in Johanna’s Café
Close your eyes and sleep
Your day will come. (2X)

Oooh, Ahhh, Oooh, Ahhh, etc., to end

BEST I NEVER HAD

The more things change,
the more they stay the same.
You’re still feeding my addiction.
I try to vacate this obsession from my mind.
It just radiates and penetrates
my world without you.

It’s the same old story…

Maybe I’m wrong, maybe I’m right,
but I find myself back here again.
Leading me on, kiss me all night,
and you say that we’re just friends.

You think that you’re so bad.
You really drive me mad.
You’re the best I never had.

Stimulation, medication,
got no feeling anymore.
I need a fix of your attention.
I’m high, intoxicated by your presence all the time.
I anticipate, oh I can’t wait
‘ till I can feel you .

It’s the same old story…

Maybe I’m wrong, maybe I’m right,
but I find myself back here again.
Leading me on, kiss me all night,
and you say that we’re just friends.

You think that you’re so bad.
You really drive me mad.
You’re the best I never had.

Want me, hate me, love me, play me

You think that you’re so bad.
You really drive me mad.
You’re the best I never had.
You’re the best I never had.
And you think that you’re so bad. (Maybe I’m wrong, maybe I’m right)
You’re the best I never had.
And you really drive me mad. (Maybe I’m wrong, maybe I’m right)
But you’re the best I never had.

Maybe I’m wrong, maybe I’m right,
but I find myself back here again.
Leading me on, kiss me all night,
and you say that we’re just friends.

Maybe I’m wrong, maybe I’m right,
Maybe I’m wrong, maybe I’m right,
You’re the best I never had.

NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL

I could make up lies,
I could keep my secrets from you and never tell the truth.
I could be a tease, get down on my knees
And make you do whatever I want you to.

How long will this charade go on?
Can't you see that's not the way to get what you want from me?

'Cause I'm not that kind of girl.
I’m not that kind of girl.

I could beg and plead,
I could live an expectation of the things they want from me.
I could lose control, offer up my soul
And give away all the things that I want to be.

How long will this charade go on?
Can't you see that I don't know how to be what you want me to be?

'Cause I'm not that kind of girl.

I could be a chat-room lover,
Underneath the covers I’m a dirty little fantasy.
I could be a pretty little picture,
A statuesque figure on the cover of a magazine.

How long can this charade go on?
Can't you see that's not the way to get what you want from me?
How long can this charade go on?
Can't you see that I don't know how to be what you want me to be?

'Cause I'm not that kind of girl

I'm not that kind of girl
I'm not that kind of girl (I could make up lies, I could keep my secrets from you)
I'm not that kind of girl (I could be a tease, get down on my knees for you)
I'm not that kind of girl

YESTERDAY

The door is locked, I sit and rock
My cards are on the wall.
Rock and Roll is dead, but not in my head
A place I don’t recall.
The King is on the floor, not dead anymore
He smiles and looks away
It’s a lizard skin he’s hiding in today.

Is it coming? I’ve been waiting all these years.
Can you see it? Did it disappear?
Waiting for the sun to rise and fade away.
Lost in tomorrow, like yesterday.

Emotions swim, tide’s coming in.
Would you stand and watch me drown?
Put my heart away when the colors fade,
and the King has fallen down.
Sick of all the lies, drive suicide.
I’ll leave it all behind.
Wish I could see how it will be in time.

Is it coming? I’ve been waiting all these years.
Can you see it? Did it disappear?
Waiting for the sun to rise and fade away.
Lost in tomorrow, like yesterday.

Yesterday, yesterday, etc.

Lying on the ground with his broken crown
As his life is flashing by.
The King looks up at me
with a teardrop in his eye.

Is it coming? I’ve been waiting all these years.
Can you see it? Did it disappear?
Waiting for the sun to rise and fade away.
Lost in tomorrow, like yesterday.

Yesterday, yesterday, ad lib to end