SEARCH HERE: BROWSE 409412 LYRICS BY ARTIST/BAND NAME: #A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z SITE MENU Last Updates Request Lyrics Submit / Correct Popularity Charts VISITORS Login / Register Your Thoughts My Playlists [ More Jacques Brel lyrics ] add to playlist     see a mistake?    comment Artist/Band: Jacques Brel Lyrics for Song: Marathon (Les Flamandes) Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Jacques Brel Music: Jacques Brel Lyrics: Jacques Brel English Lyrics: Eric Blau & Mort Schuman Premiere: Monday, January 22, 1968 Join us now, we're on a marathon We're always dancing when the music plays Join us now, we're on a marathon Dancing, dancing through the nights and days We must dance because the Twenties roar The Twenties roar because there's bathtub gin Vo-de-o-do and the road to sin The road to whoopee and a whole lot more Charles A. Lindberg, tons of confetti Dempsey-Tunney, Sacco and Vanzetti Black, black Monday and the market drops But we keep on dancing, dancing, we can't stop Marathon, marathon Mara, mara, marathon Join us now, we're on a marathon We're always dancing when the music plays Join us now, we're on a marathon Dancing, dancing through the nights and days We must dance because the Thirties scream The Thirties scream because the Horsemen ride Orphan Annie lives, Daddy Warbucks dies Breadlines, shanty towns, Frankenstein's bride Adolf Hitler and the Siegfried follies Joseph Stalin and a bag full of jollies Call your broker and buy marzipan While we keep on dancing, dancing on and on Marathon, marathon Mara, mara, marathon Marathon, marathon Mara, mara, marathon Join us now, we're on a marathon We're always dancing when the music plays Join us now, we're on a marathon Dancing, dancing through the nights and days We must dance because the Forties burn The Forties burn because the trumpets blare The Yanks are coming, coming over there Auschwitz, Edelweiss, Drang und Sturm Manhattan Project, Robert Oppenheim God makes mushrooms just as God makes time Peace is sweet, man, like a lollipop So we keep on dancing, dancing, we won't stop Marathon, marathon Mara, mara, marathon Marathon, marathon Mara, mara, marathon Join us now, we're on a marathon We're always dancing when the music plays Join us now, we're on a marathon Dancing, dancing through the nights and days We must dance because the Fifties zing The Fifties zing because the Sixties swing And the Seventies flash and the Eighties bang And the Nineties whimper and the century hangs Robots working in the cotton fields Vacations on Venus just a tourist deal Fornication on tape, instant happiness So we keep on dancing, dancing, we can't rest Marathon, marathon Mara, mara, marathon Marathon, marathon Mara, mara, marathon Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Jacques Brel Jacques Brel "Other Songs - Jacques Brel" 1. Alone (Seul) 2. Bachelor's Dance (La Bourrée Du Célibataire) 3. Carousel (La Valse À Mille Temps) 4. Desperate Ones (Les Désespérés) 5. I Loved (J'Aimais) 6. If We Only Have Love (Quand On N'A Que L'Amour) 7. Jackie (La Chanson De Jacky) 10. Marathon (Les Flamandes) 11. Next (Au Suivant) 13. Sons Of... (Fils De...) 14. The Girls And The Dogs (Les Filles Et Les Chiens) 15. Timid Frieda (Les Timides) 16. You're Not Alone (Jef) 17. La Chanson De Van Horst 18. Les Moutons 19. Quand Maman Reviendra 20. The Bulls 21. The Old Folks