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Artist: Clay Aiken
Canonical path: /clay-aiken/mack-the-knife
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Mack the Knife
Read Mack the Knife lyrics by Clay Aiken on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Mack the Knife
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Oh the shark has pretty teeth, dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jack knife has old MacHeath, babe
And he keeps them out of sight
When the shark bites
with those teeth, dear
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves though wears MacHeath
So there's never, never a trace of red
Oh the shark has pretty teath,dear
Now the Mack is back in town.
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Clay Aiken performs "Mack the Knife", and this lyric page sits inside the Clay Aiken catalog on LyroVerse.
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