What good is sitting alone in your room Come, hear the music play Life is a cabaret, ol echum, come to the cabaret Put down that knittin', that book and the room It's time for a holiday Life is a cabaret, ol echum, so come to the cabaret Come taste the wine, come hear the band Yes, it's time for celebratin' Right this way, your table's waitin' No use permittin' some prop het of doom To wipe every smiles away Life is a cabaret, ol echum, so come to the cabaret Interlude: Come taste the wine, come hear the band Yes, it's time for celebratin' Right this way, your table's waitin' No thought for admittin' the Prince of doom Yes, it is no longer stayin' Life is a cabaret, old chum, only a cabaret, old chum So come to the cabaret