DAS ALTE LIED

Album(s): Feuer und Flamme

Text: Carlos Karges

Music: Juergen Dehmel

English Version: Let's Humanize

Das Alte Lied

(The Old Song)

Klartext waere schoen
(Clear text/Plain language would be beautiful/nice)

Man koennte sich verstehen
(One could understand it)

Wenn man miteinander redet
(If/When one speaks with another)


Spekulanten spekulieren
(Speculators speculate)

Demonstranten demonstrieren
(Demonstrators demonstrate)

Polizisten patroullieren
(Policemen patrol)

Und die ganze Welt singt
(And the whole world sings)

Das alte Lied
(The old song)


Musikanten musizieren
(Musicians play music)

Kritiker kritisieren
(Critics criticize)

Konsumenten konsumieren
(Consumers consume)

Und die ganze Welt singt
(And the whole world sings)

Das alte Lied
(The old song)


Sympatisanten sympatisieren
(Sympathizers sympathize)

Ignoranten ignorieren
(Ignoramuses ignore)

Fabrikanten fabrizieren
(Industrialists/Manufacturers produce)

Und die ganze Welt singt
(And the whole world sings)

Das alte Lied
(The old song)


Elefanten galoppieren
(Elephants gallop)

Killerameisen mutieren
(Killer ants mutate)

Die Japaner fotografieren
(The Japanese photograph)

Und die ganze Welt singt
(And the whole world sings)

Das alte Lied
(The old song)