• Udo Jürgens

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Dear Homeland

Dear homeland, after evil hours
You have found a new way out the dark depth
I love you, that is, I like you
Like a graceful, a little tired old man
 
I can not love with a warm heart
You have still remained short on too many things
Liberty, that you equally promised to everyone
Can only be enjoided by chosen ones
 
Dear homeland, you may be quiet
The big ones fence woods and shores
And children are playing at the roadside
Dear homeland
 
Dear homeland, what shall I thank you for?
For insurance company's palaces or banks?
And for the barracks, for our expensive army?
When a thounsand schools are missing
A thousand teachers and still more!
 
Group corporations are allowed to develep exorbitantly
The weak and old ones stand in the dark
You miss millions for hospitals
But our casinos seem to be worthwhile
 
Dear homeland, you may be quiet
The big ones fence their prosperity
The poor ones wait with empty hands
Dear homeland
 
Dear homeland, what shall I praise you for?
One day, an old man will be on the scrap heap,
When he still wants to work: you will fire him
But even geriatrics are not too old for the board of directors
 
The old beards are sweeping a lot again
But you find that young beards are extremely suspicious
The old yesterday is vehemently summoned
The new tomorrow, your youth gets lost
 
Dear homeland, you may be quiet
Don't fall asleep on your laurels
The youth is waiting for your hand
Dear homeland
 
Dear homeland, you may be quiet
Don't fall asleep on your laurels
The youth is waiting for your hand
Dear homeland
 
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Lieb' Vaterland

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