Street Scene - Kurt Weill Flashcards
- That’s good e-nough for me.
Let things a-gain be safe and sound,
- Let things be like they al-ways was,
That’s good e-nough for me.
- Let things a-gain be safe and sound,
The way they used to be.
- The way they used to be.
What’s go-ing on? Why is it so bad?
- What’s go-ing on? Why is it so bad?
If you ask me, the world is go-ing mad!
- If you ask me, the world is go-ing mad!
Look at these new fan-gled i-deas go-ing round,
- Look at these new fan-gled i-deas go-ing round,
Free love, di-vorce, and birth con-trol.
- Free love, di-vorce, and birth con-trol.
Young girls smoking ci-gar-ettes,
Their dress-es up a-round their necks,
- Young girls smoking ci-gar-ettes,
Their dress-es up a-round their necks,
And men com-ing in,
break-ing up de-cent peo-ple’s homes.
- And men com-ing in,
break-ing up de-cent peo-ple’s homes.
But it ain’t gon-na be that way a-round here,
You hear? You hear?
- But it ain’t gon-na be that way a-round here,
You hear? You hear?
If an-y-one in my house wants that kind of stuff,
Oh no! Oh no!
- If an-y-one in my house wants that kind of stuff,
Oh no! Oh no!
My kids are gon-na be brought up right!
- My kids are gon-na be brought up right!
Not run-ning the streets as if they’re wild all night,
- Not run-ning the streets as if they’re wild all night,
In the old days they did-n’t car-ry on that way,
- In the old days they did-n’t car-ry on that way,
And I’m tell-ing you they ain’t gon-na do it to-day!
