Ballad of the Easy Life

歌詞

A question please: Is that what you call living? Then take a little tip from Mack the Knife While still a child, I heard it with misgiving: The bulging pocket makes the easy life They tell you that the best in life is mental Just starve yourself and do a lot of reading Up in some garret where the rats are breeding Should you survive, it's purely accidental If that's your pleasure, go on, live that way But since I've had it up to here, I'm through There's not a dog from here to Timbuktu Would care to live that life a single day So listen closely to Mack the Knife The bulging pocket makes the easy life Now once I used to think it might be worthy To be a brave and sacrificing person I soon found out it wasn't reimbursin' Decided to continue being earthy The noble poor are nobly underfed And being brave will bring an empty fame You're all alone with no one else to blame You're mingling with the great but you are dead Where's the percentage? Ask Mack the Knife The bulging pocket makes the easy life