what good is sitting alone in your room come hear the music play life is a cabaret old chum come to the cabaret put down the knitting the book and the broom it s time for a holiday life is a cabaret old chum come to the cabaret come taste the wine come hear the band come blow that horn start celebrating right this way your table s waiting no use permitting some prophet of doom to wipe every smile away life is a cabaret old chum come to the cabaret i used to have a girlfriend known as elsie with whom i shared four sordid rooms in chelsea she wasn t what you call a blushing flower as a matter of fact she rented by the hour the day she died the neighbors came to snicker well that s what comes of too much pills and liquor but when i saw her laid up like a queen she was the happiest corpse i d ever seen and as for me as for me i made my mind up back in chelsea when i go i m going like elsie start by admitting from cradle to tomb ain t such a long long stay life is a cabaret old chum come to the cabaret what good is sitting alone in your room come hear the music play life is a cabaret old chum come to the cabaret life is a cabaret old chum come to the caba call me a caba i love a cabaret 