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Is That All There Is?

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(thing) by Quizro (19.6 hr) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 1 C! Tue Feb 15 2000 at 17:20:09

Song by Leiber and Stoller, inspired by the Thomas Mann story "Disillusionment" and performed by Peggy Lee. Almost a spoken word performance, with only the chorus sung, the singer relates stories about her life - watching a building burn down, visiting the circus, falling in love for the first time - and each time she remembers wondering "Is that all there is?". At the end she muses that when she finally takes her last breath, she knows that death will be as big a letdown as everything else has been. The song found renewed popularity during the punk era.

Is that all there is?
Is that all there is?
If that's all there is, my friend,
Then let's keep dancing.


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