I would like to be a gummy bear
There are the yellow ones and the red ones
They are all complete idiots
I would have thousands of colleagues
We wouldn't have to move much
And yet we would be on a great journey
Traveling the world until they
Eat us and spare
I would be spared from wandering around
When it gets dark and cold in Berlin

The outlook is gloomy
The word is deceptive
Give me a message, I
Give you a basket
There are many memories in it
You can smoke them in your pipe
When it gets dark and cold in Berlin

Where the air is worst
Breathing is more intense
And coughing is more attractive
Than anywhere else in the world
And someone always holds
The mulled wine drinker's flag high
A lot goes wrong in the end
Just like everywhere in life
Who can't stand falls down
When it gets dark and cold in Berlin

A smoker is the fog
A bum is the day
A hole is where yesterday
The mini golf course was
Now a shopping center is coming there
You can buy something nice there
When it gets dark and cold in Berlin

In Grunewald there is a wood auction
They need folklore there
Like the junkies need their score
And when the brass band is making noise
All worries are far away
And whether you eat your currywurst
With or without intestine
Whether you are rich or poor
No pig looks closer
When it gets dark and cold in Berlin

Red is curry ketchup
Green is starboard
Separate the wheat from the chaff and
Throw away the wheat
I still have a warm beer somewhere
You can water the flowers with it
When it gets dark and cold in Berlin

Where this path ends
An angel is lurking
Where once the wall
Divided the world like a comb
Parts the hair and in the long run
This will probably between you and me
You say, nothing proper will happen
But in heaven as on earth
No one can see into the future
When it gets dark and cold in Berlin

Come to my house
For a cup of tea
I'll show you my collection of
Stones from the Spree
They are round and heavy and smooth and dirty green
We will make them all cry
When it gets dark and cold in Berlin

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