What good is sittin' alone in your room [bad word] hear the music play, yes
Life is a cabaret old chum [bad word] to the cabaret

Put down that knittin', the book and the broom
Time for a holiday, yes
Life is a cabaret old chum
 [bad word] to the cabaret
 [bad word] taste the [bad word] hear that band
Yes, it's time for celebratin'
Right this way, your table's waitin'

No use permittin' a prophet of doom
Wipe every smile away, yes
Life is a cabaret old chum
 [bad word] to the cabaret, yes

Yes, life is a cabaret old chum
Only a cabaret old chum
 [bad word] to the cabaret