Lyrics: Alfian Sa'at
Music: Onn San
She was a dancer from the east
A royal princess, Javanese
Told lies with such consummate ease
But her true dutch origins were obscure
The audience just fell for her allure
For she could reinvent her past
Played make-believe with so much class
A double agent she became
Mata Hari was her name
She wowed the crowds in Paris halls
Who watched her dancing in a thrall
They lavish her with curtain calls
From chorus girl to solo super star
She was the Black Pearl from America
When World War 2 broke out in France
She joined the side of Les Resistance
She used her stardom as a screen
Meet Miss Baker, Josephine
Put her in a racy frock
Flash of thigh and slinky walk
She’ll know how to make you talk
She walked the floorboards in Beijing
Chinese opera was her thing
In a falsetto she would sing
One day a man from the French embassy
Made her his oriental fantasy
Men have a weakness thatʼs innate
That only ladies can locate
Itʼs something you canʼt deny
A woman makes a better spy
You know you just canʼt deny
A woman makes a better spy