Pechmarie [English translation]

Get up, Marie - what’re doing on the carpet?

Get up, we wanna go out dancing, Marie!

You look great, I’d only have the one suggestion:

Wash the bad luck out of your hair - you never know

And I know your heart, Marie, is so, so tired

I know, Marie, your feet are so heavy

Forgive my heart if I, albeit ungraciously,

Make you get a move on, Marie, as if it were nothing

I know that you’re afraid

But I know what you can do, and I want you to dance

Take my hand!

I know that you’re afraid

But I know what you can do and that you can

Dance along - come on, get ready!

Take my hand, get ready, we wanna go dancing,

Marie (x2)

I know the kids here throw up in your shoes

And the man chopped off your heels

Your t-shirt stinks of sadness and nappies

But, hey, Marie, you certainly know how to wear it!

But I know you’re a lion’s mother

I know your fur lays dusty in front of the fire

And you say: you’ve got to iron that

Before we go out

But you and I, we’ve got a deadline

I know that you’re afraid

But I know what you can do, and I want you to dance

Take my hand!

I know that you’re afraid

But I know what you can do and that you can

Dance along - come on, get ready!

Take my hand, get ready, we wanna go dancing,

Marie

You are a swan, a peacock, an angel’s entity, Marie

Only the plumes are sticky

Wings clipped

And you hobble like a war-disabled pigeon

But you’re young, Marie

Now don’t look so stunned!

I know that you’re afraid

But I know what you can do, and I want you to dance

Take my hand!

I know that you’re afraid

But I know what you can do and that you can

Dance along - come on, get ready!

Take my hand, get ready, we wanna go dancing,

Marie (x2)

Take my hand, put on your beautiful dress

Come dance, Marie!