Library:Purim Cabaret 2004

Shushan Song – sung to 42nd Street
Ken Klein

Come and greet those Persian feet
It's the capital I'll be takin' to
Shushan - dig the beat

Strident strumpets blasting trumpets
Strutting through the street
Blushing eunuchs, 'neath their tunics
Sure are indiscreet

When I hear that horn, I get reborn
It's the capital I'll be takin' you to
It's a Shushan, Shushan morn

Baubles, notions, magic potions
Aphrodisiacs
Fill my coffer, make an offer
What's not up front is in de back

So, if you're wanting sleaze
Put yourself at ease
It's the capital I'll be takin' you to
Shushan - we aim to please

One day - despair, goin' nowhere
You dance in the bazaar
Next day, Alice - you're called to the palace
Hello Shushan - you're a star

Everlastin' fame
If you play the game
It's the capital I'll be takin' you to
Shushan is its name!

Luscious ladies, straight from Hades
Showing off their stuff
Illicit pleasure at you leisure
In Shushan enough is never enough!

Oh! Hear the din, the sounds of sin
It's the capital I'll be takin' you to
Shushan city, Shushan city, Shushan - let me in!

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Shushan Song Copyright © 2004 by Ken Klein