Name: Alabama Song (The Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny)
Duration: P00H03M48S
Description: Alabama Song was originally written for the operetta "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" by Kurt Weill. Some say it is a critique of American society. Others say it is an analysis of post-war Germany during the Weimar Republic (after World War I). It was later popularized by the Doors.

Alabama Song (The Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny)

from Fille De Corsicana by Lord Fleming

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Alabama Song was originally written for the operetta "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" by Kurt Weill. Some say it is a critique of American society. Others say it is an analysis of post-war Germany during the Weimar Republic (after World War I). It was later popularized by the Doors.

lyrics

Oh, show us the way to the next whiskey bar
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why!
For we must find the next whiskey bar
For if we don't find the whiskey bar
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you
I tell you
I tell you we must die!

Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say good-bye
We've lost our good old momma
And must have whiskey, oh you know why!

Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say good-bye
We've lost our good old momma
And must have whiskey, oh you know why!

Oh, show us the way to the next pretty girl
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why!
For we must find the next pretty girl
For if we don't find the next pretty girl
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you
I tell you
I tell you we must die!

Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say good-bye
We've lost our good old momma
And must have girls, oh you know why!

Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say good-bye
We've lost our good old momma
And must have girls, oh you know why!

Oh, show us the way to the next little dollar
Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why!
For we must find the next little dollar
For if we don't find the next little dollar
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you
I tell you
I tell you we must die!

Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say good-bye
We've lost our good old momma
And must have dollars, oh you know why!

Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say good-bye
We've lost our good old momma
And must have dollars, oh you know why!

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from Fille De Corsicana, released August 14, 2020
Kurt Weill, Lord Fleming

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Lord Fleming, singer-songwriter, podcast host of Point Counterpoint, Comedian

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