Berlin [English translation]

It stinks and it's loud and it's hectic

And so crazy electric

That's what I don't like about the city

I hear fat bass from a car

It hits me hard in the face

And I can tell today is not my day

I'm stuck way back on Linden*

Want to vanish, if I only could

Feel my blood pressure rising,

I'm stressed out in this traffic jam

Then I suddenly see this woman

And I can hardly believe it

'Cause her eyes showed me:

There's sun, sun, sun – sun in Berlin!

I gaze briefly at her face

And I think she doesn't notice me

She's looking upwards

I park in the No Parking zone

I'm swimming through the crowd

I can't reach her

Being shoved around

And of course the light just went red

I see a pale traffic warden

But I'm not interested in her at all

She thinks she rules the traffic here

I'm only looking for that one woman

But suddenly the sky turns grey

And the streets around me are wet

And there's rain, rain, rain – rain in Berlin.

So now something happens that no one would've guessed

(In Schönefeld)

I actually drive to the capital every day

(To Lichtenberg)

I stand among a thousand people, all alone

(In Tempelhof)

And I hope so much that I will finally find my…

Love, love, love – love in Berlin.