Just like Cain and Abel
You pulled a sneak attack
I thought that we were brothers
Then you stabbed me in the back
Betrayed!
Oh boy, I'm so betrayed
Like Samson and Delilah
Your love began to fade
I'm crying in the hoosegow
You're in Rio getting laid
Betrayed!
Let's face it, I'm betrayed
Boy, have I been taken
Oy, I'm so forsaken
I should have seen what came to pass
I should have known to watch my ass
I feel like Othello
Everything is lost
Leo is Iago
Max is double-crossed
I'm so dismayed
Did I mention I'm betrayed?
Now I'm about to go to jail
There's no one who will pay my bail
I have no one who I can cry to
No one I can say goodbye to
I'm drowning! I'm drowning!
I'm drowning here!
I'm going down for the last time.
I, I, I see my whole life flashing before my eyes.
I see a weathered old farmhouse with a white picket fence.
I'm running through fields of alfalfa with my collie, Rex
No, Rex, not on the alfalfa.
And, and I see my mother.
I see mama standing on the back porch.
In a worn but clean gingham gown.
And I hear my mama calling out to me.
"Alvin, don't forget your chores
The wood needs a-cordin'
And the cows need a-milkin', Alvin! Alvin!"
Wait a minute, my name's not Alvin.
That's not my life.
Somebody else's life is flashing before my eyes.
I'm not a hillbilly, I grew up in the Bronx.
Leo's taken everything, even my past.
My past's a dying ember
But wait, now I remember
How did it begin?
He walked into my office with his cockamamie scheme
"You can make more money with a flop than with a hit"
"We can do it, we can do it"
"I can't do it"
"We can do it"
"I can't do it
Goodbye Max"
"Lord, I want that money"
"I'm back, Max"
"Come on, Leo, we can do it"
Step one, find the play
See it, swirl it, touch it, kiss it
Hello, Mister Liebkind
"Guten Tag, hop clop"
"Guten Tag, hop clop"
Adolf Elizabeth Hitler
"Guten Tag, hop clop"
"Guten Tag, hop clop"
Step two, hire the director
"Keep it gay, keep it gay, keep it..."
Two-three, kick, turn, turn, turn, kick, turn
Ulla Woo-wah-wee-wow-wah-wah-wee
Step three, raise the money
"Along came Bialy!"
Step four, hire all the actors
"A wandering minstrel I, a think of shreds..."
Next!
The little wooden boy
Next!
That's our Hitler!
"Opening night"
Good luck, good luck, good luck
"Break a leg," "I broke my leg"
"Springtime for Hitler and Germany"
A surprise smash
"Springtime for Hitler and Germany"
It'll run for years
"Where did we go right?
Where did we go right?"
Gimme those books
Fat, fat, fatty
Gimme those books
Fat, fat, fatty
Books, fat
Books, fat
Books, fat
Books, fat
"Lousy fruit"
"Kill the actors"
"You ever eat with one?!"
Then you ran to Rio and you're safely out of reach
I'm behind these bars
You're banging Ulla on the beach
Just like Julius Caesar was betrayed by Brutus
Who'd think an accountant would turn out to be my Judas
I'm so dismayed
Is this how I'm repaid?
To be...
Betrayed!
Betrayed!