Mutter?
Oh, Mutter!
Mutter?
Oh Mutter!
Mutter?
Oh Mutter!
Der Mann mit dem Koks! (Kohle)
Der Mann mit dem Koks! (Kohle)
Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da!

Es wurde einst das schwarze Gold der Ruhe genannt
Es spendete Wärme, Behaglichkeit und Energie
In einem besonderen chemischen Verfahren
Verflüchtigten sich aus dem Urstoff die Gase
Aus Kohle wurde Koks
Die Menschen sehnten sich nach der Energie, die ihnen das Koks lieferte
Doch für das Volk war der Stoff zu teuer

Mutter?
Oh, Mutter!
Der Mann mit dem Koks ist da!

Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da!
Ja, mein Junge, das weiß ich ja!
Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da!
Ja, mein Junge, das weiß ich ja!
Ich hab kein Geld und du hast kein Geld
Wer hat den Mann mit dem Koks bestellt?
Ich hab kein Geld und du hast kein Geld
Wer hat den Mann mit dem Koks bestellt?

Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da!

Das schwarze Gold ist weiß geworden
Man nehme eine einfache Rezeptur
Und aus Koks wird wieder Kohle (Kohle)

Wärme, Behaglichkeit, Energie (Energie, Energie)
Wärme, Behaglichkeit, Energie

Mutter?
Oh, Mutter!
Der Mann mit dem Koks ist da!

Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da!
Ja, mein Junge, das weiß ich ja!
Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da!
Ja, mein Junge, das weiß ich ja!
Ich hab kein Geld und du hast kein Geld
Wer hat den Mann mit dem Koks bestellt?

Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da!
Ja, mein Junge, das weiß ich ja!
Ich hab kein Geld und du hast kein Geld
Wer hat den Mann mit dem Koks bestellt?
Ich hab kein Geld und du hast kein Geld
Wer hat den Mann mit dem Koks bestellt?

Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da!
Ja, mein Junge, das weiß ich ja!
Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da!


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    'Koks' is the german word for charcoal. but also popular slang for cocaine

    And the song is orginally quite leaning on an original song from the midthirties (1930ies that is) basically its the children singing to their mother 'mother the man delivering the charcoal is here' at a time of general poverty, with charcoal being the only way to heat the lousy rooms, and the original popular song then going on with the children wondering how mother would then pay the bill for the charcoal, cause they have no money, and then later in the way the mother reacts to the childrens questions insinuating the mother dealing out sex/favours to the delivery man to desperately somehow get him to still give her the coal to be able to support for the children.

    And this song Falco took and played on the double usage also as cocaine. This quite cheeky double play with words marking his very own style, which makes his lyrics VERY dependent on not only understanding german, but also 1) viennese slang and 2) contemporary culture, pop & society.

    this insinuation is also very heavily pushed in the video to the song, where the 'white powder' is never shown as cocaine (of course also due to legal reason, but also always tongue-in-cheek), but always with the charcoal & mother/deliveryman situation, even though everyone knows about the 'REAL' context that Falco sang about in the song, thats being cocaine.

    cheers from vienna.

    smjukeon March 11, 2007   Link

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