Misc Soundtrack - V for vendetta - this vicious cabaret

^EThey say that there's a broken light for every heart on Broadway ^EThey say that life's a game, then they take the board away ^EThey give you masks and costumes and an outline of the story ^EThen leave you all to improvise their vicious cabaret...

^BIn ^Dno-^Elonger-pretty cities ^Dthere are ^Efingers in the kitties T^Dhere are ^Ewarrants, forms, and c^Fhitties ^Eand ^Da ^Ejackboot on the^D stair

^EThere’s ^BSex and death and h^Duman g^Brime, in monochrome for one thin d^Dime At l^Beast the trains all run on time but they d^Eon't go anywhere

Facing their responsibilities, either on their backs or ^F#on ^Btheir ^Dknees ^BThere are ladies who just simply freeze and dare not ^F#turn ^Ba- ^Dway

^AAnd the ^Bwidows who re^Cfuse ^Dto ^Ccry ^Awill be ^Bdressed in garter ^Cand ^Dbow-t^Cie ^AAnd be ^Btaught to kick their ^Clegs ^Dup ^Chigh ^Ain this ^Bvicious ca^Aba^Bret

^BAt l^A#ast! The 1998 ^BShow! ^BThe ^A#ballet on the burning ^Bstage ^BThe ^A#documentary ^Bseen ^BUp o^A#n the fractured ^Bscreen ^BThe ^A#dreadful poem scrawled upon the crumpled ^Apage...

^BThere's ^Da ^Epoliceman with an ^Ghonest ^Esoul ^DWho’s ^Eseen whose head is ^Gon the p^Eole ^DAnd he ^Egrunts and fills ^Dhis ^Ebri^Dar ^Ebowl with a feeling of ^Dun^Eease

^AThen he ^Bbriskly frisks the ^Dtorn re^Bmains ^AFor a ^Bfingerprint or cr^Dimson s^Btains ^AAnd en^Bdevours to ign^Core ^Dthe c^Chains ^Athat he walks in to ^Bhis ^Aknees

^CWhile ^Dhis ^Emaster in the dark nearby inspects the hands, with ^F#bru^Btal ^Eeye ^BThat have ^Enever brushed a lover's thigh but have squeezed a ^F#nat^Bion's t^Dhroat

^AAnd he ^Bhungers in his s^Cec^Dret d^Creams ^AFor the ^Bharsh embrace of ^Ccruel ^Dmac^Chines ^ABut his ^Blover is not ^Cwhat ^Dshe ^Cseems ^AAnd she ^Bwill not leave ^Aa ^Bnote

^BAt ^A#last! The 1998 ^BShow! ^BThe ^A#Situation Traged^By ^BGrand ^A#Opera slick with ^Bsoap ^BCliff^A#hangers with no ^Bhope ^BThe ^A#water-colour in the flooded galler^Ay...

^BThere's ^Da ^Egirl who'll push but ^Gwill not ^Eshove ^DAnd she's ^Edesperate for her ^Gfather's l^Eove ^DShe be^Elieves the hand ^Dbe^Gneath the ^Eglove ^Dmay be ^Eone she needs ^Dto ^Ehold

^AThough she ^Bdoubts her host's mor^Cal^Dit^Cies ^AShe dec^Bides she is ^Cmore ^Dat ^Cease ^AIn the ^BLand Of Doing-^CAs-^DYou-^CPlease ^AThan ^Boutside in ^Athe ^Bcold

^BBut the ^Ebackdrops peel and the sets give way And the cast get eaten ^F#by ^Bthe ^Dplay ^BThere's a ^Emurderer at the Matinee, There are dead men ^F#in ^Bthe ^Daisles

^AAnd the ^Bpatrons and the act^Dors t^Boo ^AAre un^Bcertain if the ^Cshow i^Ds ^Cthrough ^AAnd with ^Bside-long looks aw^Cait t^Dheir c^Cue, ^Abut the ^Bfrozen mask ^Ajust ^Bsmiles

^BAt l^A#ast! The 1998 ^BShow! ^BThe ^A#torch-song no one ever s^Bings! ^BThe ^A#curfew chorus ^Bline! ^BThe ^A#comedy div^Bine! ^BThe ^A#bulging eyes of puppets strangled by their s^Atrings!

^EThere's thrills and chills and girls galore, sing-songs and surprises! ^EThere's something hear for everyone, reserve your seat today! ^EThere's mischief and malarkies but no queers or yids or darkies ^EWithin this bastard's carnival, this vicious cabaret!