See the pampered faces
Regard the costly clothes
Every carefree figure in a courtly pose
Sniff the fragrant powder
And smell the scented oil
Note the slender fingers that have not known toil
A world of pleasure and privilege
Elegant, elite
A private Arcadia where life is sweet
Beautiful and polished
Exclusive and elect
Wary of outsiders, as you might suspect
See the couples dancing
To flute and violin
Aren't you rather jealous that you can't come in?
A world of pleasure and privilege
Elegant, elite
A private Arcadia where life (where life) is sweet
Would you like to enter
This gay and gilded sphere?
How much would you pay to be included here?
Make your highest offer
But bear this thought in mind
Your bid may be rejected if you're not our kind
A world of pleasure and privilege
Elegant, elite
A private Arcadia where life (where life, where life) is sweet
(Where life is sweet, where life is sweet, where life, where life, where life is sweet)
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Take a silver shilling
Or take a golden Mark
When the top is shining, then the bottom's dark
Take a world of pleasure
And look behind its back
When the front is shining
Then the back is black
A world of pleasure and privilege
Elegant, elite
A private Arcadia where life is sweet
♪
Hear ye, hear ye
Jews and aliens of Frankfurt
Cease all trade and traffic and remain
Confined in your homes until morning
The ghetto is closed