Lügenlied [English translation]

I wanna tell, and will not lie

I've seen yet fried pigeons fly

They flew into the distance

Their bellies turned up towards the sky

Their backs towards the ground

Four men wanted to catch a hare

They came walking on crutches and stilts

One could not hear

The other was blind, a third was lame

The fourth could not speak

Now I don't know how it came to pass

That the blind one saw the hare

Nibbling grass on stretched-out plain

The dumb one told the dead one

The lame he got the hare

(Instrumental)

A mariner once journeyed on dry land

He put up his sail against the wind

With his bright eyes

Then he rode towards a steep hill

And had to drown in it

In Hamburg stands a high tower

That never falls, come wind, come storm

Protruding firmly out of the stacks

A cow herder from the city

Has blown it over with his horn

"Lies have short Legs" (1)

Is one of many lies

But there is some truth to it

Just look, when you see a "Great Man"

Attentively at his legs.

I wanna tell and will not lie

I've yet seen men birthing babies

They had much to suffer

But now they have passed a law

That allows them to do an abortion

(Instrumental)