What good is sitting alone in your room Come, hear the music play Life is a cabaret, olé chum, come to the cabaret Put down that knittin', that book and the broom It's time for a holiday Life is a cabaret, olé chum, so come to the cabaret Come taste the wine, come heart he band Yes, it's time for celebratin' Right this way, your table's waitin' No use permittin' some prop he tof doom To wipe every smiles away Life is a cabaret, olé chum, so come to the cabaret Interlude: Come taste the wine, come heart He 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