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1. The Fairy Tale It’s so cold, howled the wood And he forced some trees to die So the sun could freely shine Make it warm down the line And behold, it got warmer It got warmer down the line And behold, it got warmer Even warmer down the line Thereupon the wood went on More trees he’d force to die So that sunbeams there could shine And it got warmer along the line Thereupon the wood went on Started killing all his trees So that the warmth would increase Like never before and he was pleased But then, one day there’s no sun And the cold win, it run through the wood, he’d begun Start realising so much he was missing The firs and the pines and the beaches and the limes And the birches and the oaks and the other fine trees That protected him truly for so many years This was the moment he did realise That a wood without trees is like no water in the seas Like no freedom for an eagle, like a king without a people It got colder, not passing by That’s why the wood, it had to die! 2. Die for Allah Some people proclaimed the Holy War And you followed them till death You haven’t asked and you haven’t reflected God will know why you’d confess Refrain Holy War as so often before Religion exploited for power and war Holy War – how many’ve died under the sun But God’s will has to be done – Holy War Fight – kill – die – for Allah Fanaticism’s made them blind The name of God abused to kill With hate and weapons of all kinds Born to impose on us their will Love your neighbour like you love yourself That’s written in a holy book But I only see force and destruction Died for God, their lives he took 3. God of Toys Now here comes what you’ve waited for so long That’ll change in your life what went wrong That makes you gentle, happy and satisfied That protects you all day and night Refrain Buy your own god of toys And you hear a lovely voice Buy your own god of toys For the soul of yours Out of pure cotton, Washing-machine proofed at last In original size and of course colour-fast Always on the right path he leads you No matter wherever it goes through He doesn’t cost much, just a thousand DM But what’s that compared With the profits you’ve then He takes your sorrows, forgives your debt again Makes you sleep as firm and as calm as you can 4. Nightmare of Reality I had a dream tonight Woods and rivers died And the oceans turned to dumps There’s a hole in the ozone layer, big as the USA Nuclear power stations got to infernal machines on The way Refrain But fortunately I awoke What a terrible nightmare, what a stroke I had a dream tonight War was right on my side And the people have killed each other There were weapons to destroy the earth a 40 times And imagine they went on to get more piles I had a dream tonight Men got tortured and died Just for different birth or religion Politicians respected with distinguished relations Turned out to be liars and betrayers of the nation A nightmare of reality 5. Don't Dare an Eye Come out little baby Come out of your cradle Come out little baby Get into the world Cast an eye all around you See the world all so nice See the bushes and roses And the light on the high But don’t look behind things It’s not good to see them all Don’t look under the bushes Where the dead ones may lie Don’t look up on the high trees So that you haven’t to see The dead leaves and roses Died from a special disease Don’t look into the houses Where the generals may sit Playing war with their soldiers Who are not out of tin Come out little baby There’s no need to hide Just don’t look around you Don’t dare an eye 6. Memories Sitting in front of the TV without a word to say The same situation every day Pensioners we’re now, and the children are gone And friends there are none Refrain Are we now, where we wanted to go to Did all our wishes really come true Nothing worth to dream of left Of all our hopes and intentions bereft To change this world, make it better and sunny But our ideals got replaced with money First came the children, then the house at last And everything was over just too fast Now there are the both of us alone But our great love is all too long gone Do you sometimes think of the time when we were young What happened to our dreams, to our fun There must have been a time, where we lost the right track Our rebellion got replaced with unconcern in a crack All the years went by so fast and yet There is nothing I really regret Just sometimes, when thinking of old times makes me mild I wished I again were a little child And again we are sitting in front of the TV Watching the evening program just after the meal With crackers on the table and a beer in the hand We are waiting for our deadly end 7. Indians A people free in mind and heart Brave men in fights not one coward With spears they killed the buffaloes Those Indian men this life they chose The tribes and chiefs tied with their land Sowing the crops with their own hand Living in peace and dignity With nature in pure harmony And suddenly the white man came And what he did was just a shame He killed and fought, started to raid The Indians saw the threat too late They had to die, most of them did Those pride brave men they had to quit And what followed that invasion Was a life in reservation 8. Children of the Death Rio in Brazil, 1991 The town with the highest rate of murders The victims: mostly children The motive stays unknown The victims: mostly children The perpetrators don’t be caught The children are living on the street They have no family and no home Born to admit their own defeat They have no chance to live on their own Refrain They are children of the death Have no way out, no future left No place on this earth they possess And of their life they are bereft Children of the death They are stealing to survive They take drugs to escape reality Under 20’s their expectation of life There’s even no help from charity The perpetrators: former policemen Their job: to clean the streets, so dirty Hired from unscrupulous business men Acting brutal and without mercy 9. Noah's Ark Project The scientists shouted: Soon it will be true Destruction of the environment is the flood number two Like on the earth will be impossible along these line That’s why we need Noah’s Ark of our time They constructed and built as fast as they could And soon, very soon they reached the aim that they should And everyone knew, that an ark’s not enough So they built a small world under a roof out of glass But that there weren’t much places was soon very clear The question, who may come in was very severe And as I yet thought: women and children come first There came the notice and I felt to burst Head of states, politicians and civic heads Worldwide stars and multi-millionaires But no one of the little men, there could be found Because it’s power and money, that is what counts And then it was ready, all ran quite in And the door was locked behind them But behold, they were too much, the “world” was too small And the siren was false alarm But the door it was locked, they couldn’t get out And the oxygen came to an end And outside were the little ones celebrating and singing And watching Noah’s Ark going down 10. The Last Door Covered with the coat of mortality We walk through the streets of our reality We are just staring directly ahead At the last door to which we were led Refrain Last door, last door It’s a long journey You swing wide open Wheel comes full circle It’s the last door It’s a long journey to that place It takes a lifetime, no use to race There’s only one question to be put What would be behind the door, what should? We all don’t know what awaits us Behind the wall of our life’s fuss If good or bad, there’s no sequel Behind that wall, we’re all equal 11. Changes Hau wass a tu bi gona Karame atula ma – of changes Sana re minu sata Liminit keta sema – of changes Wotan beacon rama fu Luk es minit wa is nu – of changes Börn as viel long dessini Sanet bel began sivie – of changes
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