Překlad: Marianne Faithfull. Epilog (v albu Sedm smrtelných hříchů).
Překlad: Marianne Faithfull. Prologue (v albu Sedm smrtelných hříchů).
Bill's beer hall in Bilbao, Bilbao, Bilbao, Was the most fantastic place I've ever known. For just a dollar you'd get all you wanted, All you wanted,
Family We're at a stand-still! what she's been sending, It's not any money a man can build a house with. She's as giddy as a cyclone! All the profits
Family Anna, so the papers say, Is now set up in baltimore: Lots of folk seem to be shooting themselves for her. She must be near to the top and raking
Anna I And the last big town we came to was san francisco. Life, there, was fine, only Anna felt so tired And grew envious of others: Of those who pass
Anna I Now we're coming back to you, in Louisiana Where the moon on the Mississippi is a-shining ever. Seven years we've been away in the big towns
Family We've gotten word from philadelphia Anna's doing well, she's making lots of money. Her contract has been signed to do a solo turn, It forbids
Anna I Then we met a wealthy man in boston And he paid her a lot because he loved her, But I had to keep a watch on Anna Who was too loving, but she
better. Anna II And the sooner the better! Anna I It's a month already since we started For the great big cities where you go to make money. In seven
Anna I So we saved up, bought ourselves an outfit, Nighties, nylons, beautiful dresses. Soon we found a job that was going, A job as dancer in a cabaret
Family Will she now?... will our Anna pull herself together? (lazy bones are for the devil's stockpot?) For she was always quite a one for an armchair
Now there's a man, the living tool of satan He charges forth while others are debating Conniving, cocky knave with all the trimmings I know one thing
You lads see me wash the glasses, wipe the floors, Make the beds, I'm the best of servants. You can kindly throw me pennies and I'll thank you very much
Oh, show me the way to the next whisky bar, Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why! For we must find the next whisky bar For if we don't find the whisky