Mrtzcmp3
  • The Elements
  • Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
  • New Math
  • The Vatican Rag
  • National Brotherhood Week
  • Wernher Von Braun
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Pollution
  • Send The Marines
  • The Masochism Tango
  • Smut
  • We Will All Go Together When We Go
  • The Folk Song Army
  • MLF Lullaby
  • Oedipus Rex
  • Lobachevsky
  • Who's Next?
  • The Hunting Song
  • The Old Dope Peddler
  • Be Prepared
  • The Irish Ballad
  • Bright College Days
  • George Murphy
  • I Hold Your Hand In Mine
  • Clementine
  • It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier
  • I Wanna Go Back To Dixie
  • She's My Girl
  • Alma
  • In Old Mexico
  • My Home Town
  • The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be
  • Fight Fiercely, Harvard
  • The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
  • Whatever Became Of Hubert?
  • When You Are Old And Gray
  • So Long, Mom (A Song For World War III)
  • I Got It From Agnes
  • That's Mathematics
  • When You Are Old And Grey
  • Masochism Tango
  • Silent E
  • L-Y
  • Introduction
  • (I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica
  • N Apostrophe T
  • Selling Out
  • O-U (The Hound Song)
  • S-N (Snore, Sniff, And Sneeze)
  • The Elements - Live

(Introduction, spoken:)
Last December 13th, there appeared in the newspapers the juiciest,
Spiciest, raciest obituary it has ever been my pleasure to read.
It was that of a lady named Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel, who had,
In her lifetime, managed to acquire as lovers practically all of
The top creative men in central Europe. And, among these lovers,
Who were listed in the obituary, by the way, which is what made
It so interesting, there were three whom she went so far as to
Marry: One of the leading composers of the day, Gustav Mahler,
Composer of "Das Lied von der Erde" and other light classics,
One of the leading architects, Walter Gropius, of the "Bauhaus
School of Design", and one of the leading writers, Franz Werfel,
Author of the "Song of Bernadette" and other masterpieces.
It's people like that who make you realize how little you've
Accomplished. It is a sobering thought, for example, that when
Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years!
It seemed to me, on reading this obituary, that the story
Of Alma was the stuff of which ballads should be made,
So here is one:

The loveliest girl in Vienna
Was Alma, the smartest as well,
Once you picked her up on your antenna,
You'd never be free of her spell.
Her lovers were many and varied
From the day she began her beguine.
There were three famous ones whom she married,
And God knows how many between...

Alma, tell us,
All modern women are jealous,.
Which of your magical wands
...

******* This Lyrics is NOT for Commercial use *******
(1409612056681)
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com. This Lyrics is NOT for Commercial use and only 30% of the lyrics are returned.

Copyright © 2019 | Mrtzcmp3