The Transformation Into Marlene

I wish I was Marlene Dietrich

I wish that I had sex appeal

I’d love to play the part

Some bouffe Berlin biergarten

And captivate with my singspiel

(Darling, du bist mein herz!)

I wish I was Marlene Dietrich

I’d have you light my cigarette

A vamp across the Steinway

I’d sing songs from the Rhineway

Then I’d retire to my couchette!

Let the dancing girls all dance till dawn

In our little cabaret

The concertina plays an old chanson

And Lola Lola has her way!

I wish I was Marlene Dietrich

A goddess demon virgin whore

We’d walk around the straße

As close as two kielbasa

And talk of days before the war!

Ya-da-da-di-da-da-da-da

Ya-da-da-di-da-da-da

Ya-ba-ba-di-da-da

Ya-da-da-di-da-da-da

Da-di-di-di-da-di-da-da

I wish I was Marlene Dietrich

I’d wear a sailor suit

And you’d take me in your arms

And you’d slap me again

Otra vez por favor

I am the luckiest boy alive

Oh, I could be your Blonde Venus

Or I could be your Lilli Marlene

And with a touch of ennui

I’d say ciao, tschüss, or bonne nuit!

Au revoir, auf wiedersehen!

Oh, let those dancing girls all dance till dawn

In our little cabaret

The concertina plays an old chanson

And Lola Lola has her way!

Oh, I could be Marlene Dietrich

I know that I could if I tried

More than Hepburn and Garbo

Rita Hayworth or Miss Monroe

It’s Marlene I feel inside

My God, I am Marlene Dietrich!

My God, I do have sex appeal!

Joe, play that concertina!

Viva the Deutsche Diva!

At last Marlene from head to

Heel!