Farewell Kabarista

The year was 1933
 We stood there, you and me,
 As the smoke cleared from the train.
 There were puddles in the street,
 we strolled to (Bwatwodmete?)
 To watch the cabaret
 Oh petticoats and boots and blush
 There's life in lights so grand and lush
 Now fading into dreams
 And on the stage Kashner and Fink
 still sing your tributes as the diva
 Of the silver screen
 Oh what a dream!
 The night we met you sang into my heart
 My Cleopatra from the start
 Donning lashes and a cane
 For yards men buskers and bourgeoise
 You table danced a coup d'état
 While sipping pink champagne
 The air grew cold and whispers told
 Of walls lurking beneath the fold
 We knew we couldn't stay
 There were flowers in your hair
 I grabbed one tossed one in the air
 You sang like Lady Day
 What did you say?
 Farewell Kabarista,
 Your requiems been played
 You reached up to the moon
 Poured stars onto the stage
 Farewell Kabarista
 The writing's on the wall
 Der Letzte beißen die Hunde
 It's your final curtain call
 Kabarista, farewell
 Kabarista farwell
 You grabbed me by the hand
 And danced among the band
 Painted pictures on the wall
 Soon the sky was filled of light
 Hell came in with the night
 We'd soon watch Europe fall
 With all the madness of a dream
 We pulled the curtain on the scene
 And fled for brighter days
 America you called our name
 And so we sailed into the rain
 Onto our last brigade
 A week across a stormy sea
 Hello lady liberty
 Your promises are grand
 Two loves from out across the swill
 We've come to ring our bells
 Plant seeds within your sands
 One day again the sun will rise
 When fascist walls meet their demise
 And topple into spring!
 And you and I shall raise our flags
 In memory of those who died in drag
 And for who we sing.
 Farewell Kabarista!
 Your requiems been played
 You reached up to the moon
 Poured stars onto a stage
 Farewell Kabarista!
 The writing's on the wall
 Der Letzte beißen die Hunde
 It's your final curtain call
 Kabarista farewell
 Kabarista farewell
 Kabarista farewell
 Kabarista farewell