Nobody is evil, nobody is good All the guilty people have misunderstood It's really nothing personal You shouldn't blame yourself The crimes are irreversible The life sentence is death
So here we are again in cabaret At the cave of the Golden Calf Sensitive flowers stay at home tonight We are playing for the others The ones given to pleasures The ones who still remember how to laugh A problem is no problem after all In the noise and smoke of the music hall
And if you get no joy from music hall Remember there is always alcohol And if you get no joy from gin Here is the abyss: jump in!
Seven million people died in the great war A bout of influenza quadrupled that score Why pimp to posterity? Why should they admire us? All the heroes of Valhalla Weigh less than a virus
Standing on the courthouse dome Justice puts her blindfold on Down below the innocent are strutting On a catwalk of shame This year's fashion in crime will be Less child abuse, more blasphemy Morality is vanity The ugly given flattery grow vain
So here we are again in cabaret At the cave of the Golden Calf Laughing in the face of desperation As we spin towards the future At one second per second Like records on the pin of a phonograph The future is no problem after all In the noise and smoke of the music hall
And if you get no joy from music hall Remember there is always alcohol And if you get no joy from gin Give this world a miss Everybody sing Here is the abyss: jump in!