Moritat (Mack The Knife)
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Moritat (Mack The Knife) by Lyle Lovett
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Lyle LovettWrited by
Kurt Weill & Bertolt BrechtAbout
This version of Bertolt Brecht’s “Mack the Knife” famously appears as the end credits theme for the Robert Redford drama film Quiz Show. The film opens with Bobby Darin’s more famous version of the same song.
The end credits version is deliberately much more somber and disturbing, to reflect the fi...
Moritat (Mack The Knife) Lyrics
[From "Quiz Show"]
See the shark with teeth like razors
You can read his open face
And Macheath, he's got a knife, and
In such an obvious place
On a beautiful blue Sunday
See a corpse stretched in the Strand
See a man dodge 'round the corner...
Mackie's friends will understand
Mr. Meier reported missing
Like so many wealthy men:
Mack the knife acquired his cashbox
God alone knows how or when
Jenny Towler, she turned up lately
With a knife stuck through her breast
While Macheath, he walks the embankment
Nonchalantly unimpressed
And the ghastly fire in Soho
Seven children at a go--
In the crowd stands Mac the knife, but
He isn't asked, he doesn't know
And the child bride in her nightgown
Whose assailant's still at large
Violated in her slumbers
Mackie, how much did you charge?
Yes, the child bride in her nightgown
Her assailant's still at large
Violated in her slumbers
Mackie, how much did you charge?
Mackie, how much did you charge?
How much did you charge?
How much did you charge?
How much did you charge?
How much did you charge?
Moritat (Mack The Knife) Q&A
Who wrote Moritat (Mack The Knife)'s ?
Moritat (Mack The Knife) was written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht.
Who produced Moritat (Mack The Knife)'s ?
Moritat (Mack The Knife) was produced by Mark Isham & Lyle Lovett.
When did Lyle Lovett release Moritat (Mack The Knife)?
Lyle Lovett released Moritat (Mack The Knife) on Sun Jun 12 1994.