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The Deborah Harry song catalog you find on this page was compiled by me, the webmaster, with the help of my personal record collection, booklets, biographies, setlists, ASCAP, the LoC (Library of Congress), articles and (live) bootlegs. It's my goal to create a page which features Deborah's complete musical body of work, no matter if Deborah was in any way musically involved herself or whether she contributed her own lyrics to a project. In order to keep up the standard of this page and to make it grow you can help by submitting song titles and/or information which are missing on this site. Every contribution is greatly appreciated. Official song lyrics were taken from booklets. I transcribed those songs myself where no official lyrics were available (with no guarantee for their accuracy). I apologize for possible errors and will gladly take corrections. I kindly ask you not to copy any of these lyrics from this page.
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originally by Bertolt Brecht (The Threepenny Opera)


FEATURED ON

unreleased - performed by Blondie during several live shows in the early days

e.g.

° New York, NY/USA - July 26, 1976
° New York, NY/USA - July 24, 1976

THE BILBAO SONG

(--- speculated lyrics ---)

(--- New York, NY (USA) - July 24, 1976)

Bill's dance hall in Bilbao, Bilbao, Bilbao was the greatest dance hall in the world, I'm sure
There you'd cook for just a Dollar ? and do a lot of things I wouldn't call so pure
Oh the same are not so sure that if you'd gone there you would've liked it
It was a special kind of place

Bright red lights will hit you at the door and laser pass through right up to the floor
The moon shone green through roof of glass
And the music that they played there
Music that they played there
Music that they played there had such class

Alter Bilbaomond
Wo sich noch Liebe lohnt
Alter Bilbaomond
Er war Brasil gewohnt
Alter Bilbaomond
Das hab ich oft betont
Alter Bilbaomond
Ich hab sie nie geschont

Ich weiß ja nicht, ob Ihnen grad sowas gefällt, doch
Es war das Schönste
Es war das Schönste
Es war das Schönste auf der Welt

[translation:
Old Bilbao moon
Where love is worthwhile
Old Bilbao moon
He was used to Brazil cigars
Old Bilbao Moon
I often pointed it out
Old Bilbao moon
I never went easy on her

I don't know if you're into something like that
It was the most beautiful
It was the most beautiful
It was the most beautiful one in the world]

Bill's dance hall in Bilbao, Bilbao, Bilbao
Doors were opened under a different management
Lots of palm trees, lots of ice cream
Very flashy, very flashy, very flashy
And you know it's not the same establishment
Now I bet ? feel at home that is the kind of home or just your style

Now grass is growing on that modern dance floor
The moon shining through the roof is just a moon
And the music that they played there is the kind you'd never ask for

Alter Bilbaomond
Wo sich noch Liebe lohnt
Alter Bilbaomond
Er war Brasil gewohnt
Alter Bilbaomond
Das hab ich oft betont
Alter Bilbaomond
Ich hab sie nie geschont

Ich weiß ja nicht, ob Ihnen grad sowas gefällt, doch
Es war das Schönste
Es war das Schönste
Es war das Schönste auf der Welt

COMMENTS

quoted from the book 'Making Tracks' - 1982

"We had met up with a German girl called Gabi who was an actress. She couldn't get a green card so she had a hard time getting work, but she had terrific connections in Germany where she was a successful television star. We got friendly and she said she wanted to sing with the band at CBGB's in a special show for German television. Everybody in the band thought it was a waste of time because she wasn't a rock 'n' roll singer; but the money made it a must. We rehearsed "Starfucker" and "Bilbao Song", a cabaret number by Brecht. I sang the English part and she sang the German part. I even played drums on one of the things. After we finished we got paid by the television people, which was exciting, plus we had this German song added to our repertoire."

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