Alabama Song

About Alabama Song

The "Alabama Song"—also known as "Moon of Alabama", "Moon over Alabama", and "Whisky Bar"—is an English version of a song written by Bertolt Brecht and translated from German by his close collaborator Elisabeth Hauptmann in 1925 and set to music by Kurt Weill for the 1927 play Little Mahagonny. It was reused for the 1930 opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and has been notably covered by The Doors and David Bowie.

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2007

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Well, show me the way 
To the next whiskey bar 
Oh, don't ask why 
Oh, don't ask why 

Show me the way 
To the next whiskey bar
Oh, don't ask why 
Oh, don't ask why 

For if we don't find 
The next 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 goodbye 
We've lost our good old mama 
And must have whiskey, oh, you know why 

Oh, moon of Alabama 
We now must say goodbye 
We've lost our good old mama
And must have whiskey, oh, you know why 

Well, show me the way 
To the next little girl 
Oh, don't ask why 
Oh, don't ask why 

Show me the way 
To the next little girl 
Oh, don't ask why Oh, don't ask why 

For if we don't find 
The next little 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 goodbye 
We've lost our good old mama 
And must have whiskey, oh, you know why

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The Doors

The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger. The band took its name from Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, the title of which was a reference to a William Blake quotation: "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite." They were among the most controversial rock acts of the 1960s, due mostly to Morrison's wild, poetic lyrics and charismatic but unpredictable stage persona. After Morrison's death in 1971, the remaining members continued as a trio until finally disbanding in 1973. more »

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