Mack The Knife Lyrics - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

See the shark with teeth like razors 

And he wears them in his face 

And Macheath has got a knife 

But not in such an obvious place 

Now see the shark, how red his fins are 

As he slashes at his prey 

Mack the Knife wears fancy gloves 

Which gives a minimum away 

By the Thames' turbid waters 

Men abruptly tumble down 

Well is it plague, or is it cholera 

Or because Macky's in town? 

And the child bride, in her nighty 

Whose assailant's still at large 

Violated in her slumbers 

Macky how much did you charge? 

In the ghastly fire in Soho 

Seven children had a go 

In the crowd stands Mack the Knife 

But he isn't asked and he don't know 

In the crowd stands Mack The Knife 

But he ain't asked and he don't know