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What good is sitting 00:11

Alone in your room? 00:13

Come hear the music play 00:16

Life is a cabaret, old chum 00:20

Come to the cabaret 00:24

Put down the knitting 00:29

The book and the broom 00:31

It's time for a holiday 00:33

Life is a cabaret, old chum 00:37

Come to the cabaret 00:42

Come taste the wine 00:46

Come hear the band 00:48

Come blow your horn 00:50

Start celebrating 00:51

Right this way your table's waiting 00:53

What goods permitting 00:55

Some prophet of doom? 00:57

To wipe every smile away 00:59

Life is a cabaret, old chum 01:04

So come to the cabaret 01:08

I used to have this girlfriend known as Elsie 01:14

With whom I shared for sordid rooms in Chelsea 01:19

She wasn't what you'd call a blushing flower 01:23

As a matter of fact she rented by the hour 01:28

The day she died the neighbors came to snick her 01:32

Well, that is what comes from too much pills and liquor 01:37

But when I saw her laid out like a queen 01:42

She was the happiest corpse I'd ever seen 01:48

I think of Elsie to this very day 01:55

I remember how she'd turned to me and say 01:59

"What good is sitting" 02:07

"All alone in your room?" 02:10

"Come hear the music play" 02:13

"Life is a cabaret, old chum" 02:21

"Come to the cabaret" 02:28

And as for me, huh 02:33

And as for me 02:36

I made my mind up back in Chelsea 02:38

When I go... I'm going like Elsie 02:44

Start by admitting 02:54

From cradle to tomb 02:58

It isn't that long a stay 03:02

Life is a cabaret, old chum 03:07

It's only a cabaret, old chum 03:11

And I love a cabaret... 03:15

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Cabaret

Liza Minnelli

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Cabaret (Original Soundtrack)

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Lyrics:

[English]

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 your horn

Start celebrating

Right this way your table's waiting

What goods permitting

Some prophet of doom?

To wipe every smile away

Life is a cabaret, old chum

So come to the cabaret

I used to have this girlfriend known as Elsie

With whom I shared for sordid rooms in Chelsea

She wasn't what you'd call a blushing flower

As a matter of fact she rented by the hour

The day she died the neighbors came to snick her

Well, that is what comes from too much pills and liquor

But when I saw her laid out like a queen

She was the happiest corpse I'd ever seen

I think of Elsie to this very day

I remember how she'd turned to me and say

"What good is sitting"

"All alone in your room?"

"Come hear the music play"

"Life is a cabaret, old chum"

"Come to the cabaret"

And as for me, huh

And 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

It isn't that long a stay

Life is a cabaret, old chum

It's only a cabaret, old chum

And I love a cabaret...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

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Vocabulary	Meanings
cabaret /ˈkæbəreɪ/ B2	noun - a restaurant or nightclub where entertainment is provided
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - the art of arranging sounds in time
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter
table /ˈteɪbl/ A1	noun - a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs
wine /waɪn/ A2	noun - an alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes
celebrate /ˈsɛlɪˌbreɪt/ B1	verb - to acknowledge a significant or happy day or event with a social gathering or enjoyable activity
happy /ˈhæpi/ A2	adjective - feeling or showing pleasure or contentment
room /ruːm/ A1	noun - a part of a building enclosed by walls, floor, and ceiling
smile /smaɪl/ A2	noun - a facial expression characterized by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth
queen /kwiːn/ A2	noun - the female ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by birth
chum /tʃʌm/ B2	noun - a close friend
knitting /ˈnɪtɪŋ/ B1	noun - the craft of making garments by interlocking loops of yarn
prophet /ˈprɒfɪt/ B2	noun - a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God
hour /ˈaʊər/ A2	noun - a period of time equal to 60 minutes

Grammar:

Life is a cabaret, old chum

➔ Simple Present tense

➔ Used to state a general fact or truth that is always valid.
Come taste the wine

➔ Imperative mood

➔ Gives a direct command or invitation to take action.
What good is sitting alone in your room?

➔ Interrogative sentence with 'what good is' + noun

➔ Asks about the value or benefit of an action.
Start celebrating

➔ Imperative phrase

➔ Expresses a command or suggestion to begin celebrating.
From cradle to tomb

➔ Prepositional phrase indicating a period of time

➔ Describes the entire duration of life, from beginning to end.
It's only a cabaret, old chum

➔ It is + adjective + noun phrase

➔ Uses a simple predicate to emphasize the insignificance or simplicity of something.
I made my mind up back in Chelsea

➔ Past tense with 'made' + possessive pronoun + noun phrase

➔ Expresses a decision or firm choice made in the past.

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