Herbert Grönemeyer Album

His pyjamas lie there in my bed
his comb stuck in my brush
I said what's all this?
His shoes stand in a tidy row
that's nice to see when you get home
what's all this?

His after-shave hangs in the air
he might have chosen mine to wear
what's all this?
You say he's moved in with you here
you point me to the door, that's clear
what's all this?

His favourite dish upon the stove
I'd shove my fist right down his throat but mustn't
no, I mustn't
of embarassment he shows no trace
his friendly smile lights up the place
he's grinning, just grinning!

Refrain:
How come I deserve to be
the fool that he makes out of me
at least you could have given me a clue
you could have had a one-night fling
in time I'd forget everything
but I've got no chance
I'm left no time to understand
if you could see you've hurried love.

His head slumped on his double chin
since when d'you go for a slob like him
what's all this?
What's that you say?
How come you throw your heart to waste
on such a sponge, a blubber-face?
What's that?
What's it all about?

I left you often on your own
for him you kick me out of house and home
what's all this?
What's all it about?

Refrain

You try to seem such perfect lovers
oh how you two deserve each other
so innocent, but laughing too loud
you must have really suffered guilt so
as you were tossing in your pillows
since when have you had a heart made of stone?
You drank my love up in one go.

Refrain

Full moon, I'm drunk as a skunk
so mad about her, you can see the depths to which I've sunk
can't stand the days, at night I call her name
prowl around the neighbourhood, the hunter captured by the game
I've been trying to steal her heart for so long.

She's stubborn but so am I
I want her more as each and every day goes by
be my ally, conquer her pride
we two together could besiege her heart from every side
be my friend, don't let her slip through my hands.

Cast your spell upon her, I'll stalk through her dreams
so I can find her there defenceless, surrendering her love to me
and if you do this for me – oh what delight
I'll turn into a werewolf then and howl to you throughout the night.

Refrain:
Full moon, shine down your light on me
full moon, make me her lunacy
you know she doesn't want me but you can turn the tide
I can't go on without her so quickly, make her mine
full moon, hear my lonely cry.

You're so pale, I'm deathly white
if nothing happens soon I don't think I can last the night
from up in heaven you stare down on us serene
I'm in desperation, and I'm begging you to rescue me
do something now, tomorrow will be too late.

My last hope's in your power,listen to my plea
and help me now to win her heart or it'll be the end of me
I'm drowning in the tears that all true lovers shed
don't leave me in this limbo, moon
don't leave me in this loneliness.

Refrain

Come and make her want me the man of her dreams
so I can find her there defenceless surrendering her love to me
and if you do this for me – oh what delight
I'll turn into a werewolf then and howl to you throughout the night.

Refrain

Your eyes have clouded
your smile is fixed
and your thoughts are far away from here
you kiss me like an actress
then walk out of shot
your indifference abundantly clear.

I'm empty, used up
only dregs in my cup
and airplanes in my head
you shrug off my embrace
with a smile on your face
we should be sleeping in seperate beds.

Refrain:
Give me my heart back now
it's half broken anyway
give me my heart back now
I beg you to go away
the sooner you walk out the door
the sooner I pick myself up from the floor.

You use me up
like a pack of cigarettes
then crush me and cast me aside
you talk like it's a duty
looking for your own beauty
while pretending to gaze in my eyes
you're never there
when I'm gasping for air
and the airplanes all explode
lifting off from the runway
oh, this traffic is one-way
and we've come to the end of the road.

Refrain

You're giving me nothing
you've taken my all
and I feel like an empty shell
airplanes in my head
drown the words that we've said
and if you stay you'll just put me through hell.

Refrain

We hit the dark rooms at the dying of the light
and for developments await
the day beginning with the coming of the night
I take my breakfast at eight p.m..

I list the promises I've given to myself
the world's at fourty degrees
messages in bottles wait upon the bar-room shelf
I count them off in twos and threes
there's something ironic
in unspoken jest
my nerves take a tonic
and the world takes the rest.

Alcohol is an ambulance, a fighting ship
alcohol gives the hand that shakes a steady grip
alcohol is the scorpion in a lucky dip
alcohol, alcohol

I wall my thoughts up with a plaster skim
like chewing gum they all congeal
through glasses, darkly, I observe that's me that's him
some kind of skeleton is hazily revealed...
nothing's the matter
nothing has changed
I'm mad as a hatter
but feeling no pain.

Alcohol is the angel's kiss upon your lips
alcohol is the sorceror's apprenticeship
alcohol is the parachute that never rips
alcohol is the jacket that you can't unzip
alcohol is the searchlight and a neon strip
alcohol is the answer at your fingertips
alcohol – the casino where you cash your chips
alcohol, alcohol, alcohol

Alcohol is an ambulance, a fighting ship
alcohol gives the hand that shakes a steady grip
alcohol is the scorpion in a lucky dip
alcohol is the jacket that you can't unzip
alcohol is the searchlight and a neon strip
alcohol is the answer at your fingertips
alcohol – the casino where you cash your chips
alcohol, alcohol, alcohol

Alcohol is the angel's kiss upon your lips
alcohol is the sorceror's apprenticeship
alcohol is the parachute that never rips
alcohol is the jacket that you can't unzip
alcohol is the searchlight and a neon strip
alcohol is the answer at your fingertips
alcohol – the casino where you cash your chips
alcohol, alcohol, alcohol

Angst vor der Geschichte
Angst vor sich selbst,
sich in sich zurückzuziehen
aus Angst vor der Welt
Angst auszubrechen, sich zu blamier'n,
sich aufs Eis zu wagen,
Angst, zu erfrier'n.

Einfach Angst zu verblöden
vor der Endgültigkeit
sich an alles zu gewöhnen,
aus Angst vor der Zeit
Angst zu verblöden, bereits mundtot zu sein
Angst stellt ruhig, Angst krichtt klein.

Angst braucht Waffen
aus Angst vor dem Feind,
obwohl keiner so recht weiß:
Wer ist damit gemeint?
Angst überholt zu werden,
Angst vor Konkurrenz
Angst vor der Dummheit,
vor ihrer Intelligenz.

Angst als Methode angewandt,
Das Einschüchtern ist geplant
Angst stellt ruhig, Angst kricht klein
Angst vor dem Ende
Angst 'rauszugehen,
wir sind uns alle verdächtig.
Angst in die Augen zu sehen
Angst vor Gefühlen
Angst vor Zärtlichkeit
Angst aus Erfahrung,
zuviel Vertraulichkeit.


Einfach Angst zu verblöden,
vor der Endgültigkeit.
Sich an alles zu gewöhnen,
Aus Angst vor der Zeit.
Einfach Angst zu verblöden,
bereits mundtot zu sein.
Angst stellt ruhig.
Angst kricht klein.

Angst ferngelenkt zu werden
Angst vor dem Aus
Es allen recht zu machen
Angst frißt auf.
Angst sich zu wehren
Angst alleine zu sein
Angst vor der Angst
wir schlafen ein.

Angst vor der Angst.
Wirschlafen ein.

Another telephone call
we talk again for hours
and still so much remains unspoken
long-distance love is all we get
I feel so far away, so weary
I want to see your face and hold you close
I only want to have you near me.

Refrain:
I need you here with me
I want you to be with me
I want you to want me
just come here...
wish you understood how I need your magic touch
believe me when I tell you how much
I miss you.

I lie awake at night
you're running round my head
and fight it as I might it won't get better
I'm cracking up without you
alone here, it feels like a sentence in hell
and I want you more than I could ever tell
more than I can ever explain.

Refrain

I miss your head next to mine
the soft smell of your body
I miss your sweet talk in my ear
our heartbeats locked together
I miss all the things you make me feel...
a love that lasts forever.

Refrain

Men will open their arms
men assure security
men will cry in their beer
if you don't treat them tenderly
so vulnerable, here are the men
whatever in the world
would the world become without them?

Men do deals and favours
men think a woman can be owned
men will always hustle
men tell lies on the telephone.

Men are all primed for action
wallets full of credit cards the main attraction.

Men consider themselves with pride
men are macho, but so soft inside
men need help, 'cause they can't decide
what makes a man a man
when is a a man a man?
what makes a man a man?

Men have rippling muscels
men can carry heavy sacks...
men who've seen it all
men who'll have many heart attacks.

Men bash their heads on brick walls
men who think that only men make any sense at all.

Men consider themselves with pride
men are macho, but so soft inside
men need help, 'cause they can't decide
what makes a man a man
when is a a man a man?
what makes a man a man?

Men get drunk with style
men go out to pick a fight
men read morning papers
men watch TV late at night
men are building missiles
men do each and every single damn right thing
when is a man a man?
what makes a man a man?

Men can never have babies
men are going bald on top
men just want to be human
but they're programmed to be men, they cannot stop
so vulnerable, here are the men
whatever in the world
would the world become without them?

Men were glasses to cover their eyes
men go off into corners to cry
men need help, 'cause they can't decide
what makes a man a man
when is a man a man?
what makes a man a man?

Hey mama, hey papa, how can I be a man?

There's a shiver in the air
it's all too clear
it's a lament for all the world
no-one wants to hear
behind unshakeable faith in god
in isolation
safe behind the barricades
they call it homeland.

Refrain:
White arrogance
the only yardstick
white arrogance
all men are equal
but the whites are somehow better.

And in the camps they cry with rage
the white yoke cuts deep
and we just watch in on TV
what can we do?
we see the truncheons, the black blood
the silent cries
they live their lives down in the mud
we, too, are to blame.

Refrain

Too cowardly to do a thing
too cowardly to boycott
too cowardly to do a thing
too cowardly to boycott
holding men in contempt
shipping men like cattle
holding men in contempt
shipping men like cattle.

With brown eyes and black hair
it's difficult life
here as much as there
there are different shades of white
we see the slogans on the walls
cash changing hands
be good to all your fellow men
who gives a damn?

Refrain

tief im westen
wo die sonne verstaubt
ist es besser
viel besser, als man glaubt
tief im westen

du bist keine schönheit
vor arbeit ganz grau
du liebst dich ohne schminke
bist 'ne ehrliche haut
leider total verbaut
aber grade das macht dich aus

du hast 'n pulschlag aus stahl
man hört ihn laut in der nacht
du bist einfach zu bescheiden
dein grubengold
hat uns wieder hochgeholt
du blume im revier

bochum
ich komm aus dir
bochum
ich häng an dir
glück auf, bochum

du bist keine weltstadt
auf deiner königsallee
finden keine modenschaun statt
hier, wo das herz noch zählt
nicht das große geld
wer wohnt schon in düsseldorf

bochum...

du bist das himmelbett für tauben
und ständig auf koks
hast im schrebergarten deine laube
machst mit ґnem doppelpaß
jeden gegner naß
du und dein vfl

bochum...

Bochumer Fakten

You've made my dreams seem like real life
everyone comes true
reality's unfocused, I've lost myself in you
warm me with tender whispers
oh, now enfold me in your arms.

Hold me these few moments just until sleep comes

I feel so safe beside you, your heart next to mine
I want to enjoy this moment till the end of time
so good to feel you by me, good fortune overflows
I willingly surrender, find comfort in your arms.

I'm beside myself with joy
feel I could float away with you
weightless, carefree, deep in love, it's ecstasy.

Rain on me your kiss of fire
call up the storm
the night's so short
take me, I want to be overwhelmed by you
so good to have you here.

Come and tell me all there is to know
I'll never tire of listening
never let you go.

Breathe life into my body and drown me in your arms
hold me these sweet moments just until sleep comes
hold me just until sleep comes.