Oh the shark has pretty teeth dear
And he shows 'em pearly white
Just a jack knife has
Macheath dear
And he keeps it
keeps it way out of sight
When that shark bites
with his teeth dear
Scarlet billows
they begin to spread
Fancy white gloves
though has Macheath dear
So there's rarely
never one trace of red
On the sidewalk
one Sunday mornin'
Lies a body oozin' life
Someone's sneaking
'round the corner
Could that someone
perhaps perchance
be Mack the Knife
From a tugboat
on the river goin' slow
A cement bag
it is dropping down
Yeah the cement is
just for the weight dear
You can make a large
bet Macheath is back in town
My man Louie Miller
he split the scene babe
After drawin' out
all the bread from his stash
Now Macheath spends
just like a pimp babe
Do you suppose that our boy
he did something rash
Ah old Satchmo
Louis Armstrong Bobby Darrin
They did this song nice
Lady Ella too
They all sang it
with so much feeling
That Old Blue Eyes
he ain't gonna add nothing new
But with Quincy's big band
right behind me
Swinging hard Jack
I know I can't lose
When I tell you all about
Mack the Knife babe
It's an offer
you can never refuse
We got George Benson
we got Newman & Foster
We got the Brecker Brothers
and Hampton's
bringing up the rear
All these bad cats and more
are in the band now
They make the greatest sounds
you ever gonna hear
Hey Sookie Taudry Jenny Diver
Polly Peachum
Old Miss Lulu Brown
Oh the line forms
on the right dear
Now that Macheath
I mean that man Macheath
Yeah he's bad mercy mercy
Yeah he's badder than
old Leroy Brown
You better lock your door
and call the law
Because Macheath's that bum
He's back in town