Today’s title of “I Will Survive” is not a declaration that I will survive in Germany, despite still not yet knowing what will happen when I arrive in Kiel tomorrow or more importantly where I will sleep. It goes without saying that I will survive this, but “I Will Survive” was the song I performed for the cabaret this evening.
As I commented a couple of days ago I had the ‘great’ idea of doing a drag act for the cabaret night at Haus Altenberg, where assistants could each do a turn if they so desired. My act over the past few days has metamorphosed from drag stand up to singing a song in drag. This is the result of a conversation I had with one of the other assistants where I improvised alternative lyrics to the tune of ’I Will Survive’ and thought that this was a better as this way I had a completely new act with material that no one knew about as I had been telling stories about my doings in drag during my stay at Haus Altemberg. The lyrics I created were:
I was petrified.
Wearing these clothes I could never go outside,
But then I put my makeup on,
And I tightened up my thong,
And I grew strong
And I learned how to sing this song.
Pretty in pink, O don’t you think.
I haven’t a care, when I wear silk underwear.
It feels so very nice, all men should do it twice.
O, yes you should, it does you good.
It took all the strength I had not to laugh out loud
When I saw myself in the mirror, looking O so proud.
I’ve got sparkle, I’ve got shine.
All I need’s a glass of wine.
And I feel fine.
Ready for party time. Pretty in pink, O don’t you think.
I haven’t a care, when I wear silk underwear.
It feels so very nice, all men should do it twice.
O, yes you should, it does you good.
The German tutors present seemed to find it funny seemed to find my act funny and more than one suggested I did it in my lessons, although I suspect that it would undermine any authority that I might want to have in the classroom. So if I do it in any lesson, it would have to be my last classes – not that I would consider doing it at all in school
Making a fool of myself tonight was quite helpful as people I had not previously spoken to invited me to sit with them and chat and I now have a couple of more sofas across Germany to crash on as well as an invitation to go out in Hamburg with a couple of people in drag, although if I do that I think that we have to have a quick walk down the Reeperbahn with me all dolled up.
Oh the things I do for entertainment!!!