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Düsseldorf Lyrics
In Düsseldorf I met a clown
His nose, it was red
In Gelterkinden I forgot to frown
Then remembered again
In Paris I saw a big fish
Swimming slow in the Seine
It made me hopeful
That someday our water will be breathable again
In Frankfurt I heard eine zwei drei
Counting cookies and no one was shot
In Berlin stopped by the polizei
For drunk driving and everyone smiled
In Prague I knew I’d been a witch
Burnt alive, a pyre of Soviet kitsch
It made me miss my Moscow muttdom
It made me miss my New York nothing
In Montpelier I stayed in a château
A boy climbed into my bed
And he knew no boundaries
And in Amsterdam I got quite crazy
Might have been all the tulips and canals
Or it might have been all that hash
And in Barcelona, buenos dias, chocolate, le Picasso
And in Brussels, clean-cut hostel
And in London, me and the French existentialists
In Corsica I floated away
All the way to Marseilles
I should have held an after-party
For all the thoughts I didn't say
In Düsseldorf I met a dwarf
With bad breath and a really good tan
In Gelterkinden I remembered how to laugh
And I never ever forgot it again . . .
His nose, it was red
In Gelterkinden I forgot to frown
Then remembered again
In Paris I saw a big fish
Swimming slow in the Seine
It made me hopeful
That someday our water will be breathable again
Counting cookies and no one was shot
In Berlin stopped by the polizei
For drunk driving and everyone smiled
In Prague I knew I’d been a witch
Burnt alive, a pyre of Soviet kitsch
It made me miss my Moscow muttdom
It made me miss my New York nothing
A boy climbed into my bed
And he knew no boundaries
And in Amsterdam I got quite crazy
Might have been all the tulips and canals
Or it might have been all that hash
And in Barcelona, buenos dias, chocolate, le Picasso
And in Brussels, clean-cut hostel
And in London, me and the French existentialists
All the way to Marseilles
I should have held an after-party
For all the thoughts I didn't say
In Düsseldorf I met a dwarf
With bad breath and a really good tan
In Gelterkinden I remembered how to laugh
And I never ever forgot it again . . .
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This song is simply beautiful.. I think it means that life is for the moment... You know, not something to be thought through, but to be lived.
Mabye I'm under-thinking.
i think its about becoming happy with the world and life around you!
'cioccolato'
JSYK, I misspelled "Eine" on the line that goes: in Franfurt I heard eine zwei drei
Just thought I'd mention that.
and in Amsterdam I got quite crazy might have been all the tulips and canals or it might have been all that hash
def my favorite of the bonus tracks.
it should be eins
it should be eins
it should also be: Moscow muttdom not moscow mother
eins, not ein. Polizei, not polizai. and I know that Gelterkinden is a Swiss town, but I thought the song actually mentioned Göttingen. Maybe I heard it wrong? Sorry, I'm studying German at uni. And I'm a pedant. Ace song though, makes me want to go and travel round Europe and collect interesting stories!
This song is so fun. I love the accents Regina makes when she starts singing about the French and Spanish. It makes me want to get up and dance.
it made me miss my Moscow muttdom. it made me miss my New York nothing.
So Perfect.