Anatevka

After a lifetime
A piece of paper
And get thee out

Rabbi, we've been waiting for the Messiah all our lives
Wouldn't this be a good time for him to come?

We'll have to wait for him someplace else

Well, Anatevka hasn't exactly been the Garden of Eden
That's true

After all, what have we got here?

A little bit of this
A little bit of that
A pot
A pan
A broom
A hat

Someone should have set a match to this place
Years ago

A bench
A tree
So what's a stove?
Or a house?

People who pass through Anatevka
Don't even know they've been here

A stick of wood
A piece of cloth

What do we leave
Nothing much
Only Anatevka

Anatevka
Anatevka
Underfed, overworked
Anatevka
Where else could Sabbath be so sweet?

Anatevka
Anatevka
Intimiate, obstinate
Anatevka
Where I know everyone I meet

Soon I'll be a stranger in a strange, new place
Searching for an old familiar face
From Anatevka

I belong in
Anatevka
Tumbe-down, work-a-day
Anatevka
Dear little village
Little town of mine

It's just a place
Our forefathers have been forced out many, many places
At a moment's notice
Maybe that's why we always wear our hats



Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Harnick, Lewis Bock Jerrold
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

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