Threepenny "Pimp" Lyrics

[James2]

Posted: 6/14/06 at 3:36pm

For those still longing for a recording, here are (for the most part) lyrics from the "Ballad of the Pimp" from the Tony Awards performance. The part I could not tell is left blank.

Macheath:
So long ago,
her soul and mine entwined.
We shared all things together,
happily.

I used my mind
and I protected her.
She used her body
and supported me.

To be poor's an illness,
and this was the cure.
So when a customer appeared, I left our bed.
I'd go outside and ------------- some cheese and bread.
And when he paid and he could have a snack,
Well, I'd say, "If you liked it, please come back."

And then you'd wash
beneath the golden dome
of that cold brothel you and I called home.

Jenny:
For half a year,
his soul and mine entwined.
He touched me sweetly with a
lover's touch.

And when our cash was gone,
he said, "We'll sell your ring.
We have to eat, my love
so please don't cry too much."

A ring, who needs it?
We wanted to survive.
And I remember once I said, "It wasn't fair."
He knocked me down and slapped my face and pulled my hair.
Then later on, one time he hit me with a stick
and I lied down because I felt quite sick.

Macheath & Jenny:
So life was sweet
beneath that golden dome
of that cold brothel where we made our home.

And in those days
so very long ago

Macheath:
Things weren't as sad and grim as
they are now.

Jenny:
It's true we may
love only in the day.

Macheath:
By night, the farmer's girl
had to pull the plow.

It wasn't normal,
but we could still play.

Jenny:
Then I got pregnant, and by you, you will agree.

Macheath:
So when we f***ed, she'd always sit on top of me.

Jenny:
Because he didn't want to hurt our little child.

Macheath:
But then, it died one night in May and she went wild.

Macheath & Jenny:
We said goodbye
in June beneath the dome
of that cold brothel which we called our home.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 6/14/06 at 3:39pm

Thanks for that, there were some parts I could never quite make out right.

[GirlforTartaglia]

Posted: 6/14/06 at 3:42pm

"I'd go outside and I'd prepare some cheese and bread"

[GirlforTartaglia]

Posted: 6/14/06 at 3:43pm

^^ I think that's what it is at least.. :)

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 6/14/06 at 3:50pm

"It's true we may
love only in the day. "

It's true we made
love only in the day

THANKS!

[James2]

Posted: 6/14/06 at 4:01pm

Thank you for the clarification. That does make more sense, ddoesn't it?

[ThreePennyJennyxo]

Posted: 6/14/06 at 4:04pm

thank you for posting the lyrics =]