Bochum [English translation]

Deep in the West, where the sun collects dust

Things are better, better than people think

Deep in the West

You aren't a beauty

All gray from work

You love yourself without makeup

Are an honest soul

Alas completely obstructed

But it's exactly that which makes you who you are

You have a pulse of steel

It can be heard loudly at night

You are just too modest

Your black gold brought us back up

You flower of the coal fields

Bochum, I come from you

Bochum, I care for you

Oh, "Glück auf", Bochum

You aren't a metropolis

On your Königsallee

No fashion shows take place

Here where heart still counts

And not the big money

But really, who lives in Düsseldorf?

Bochum, I come from you

Bochum, I care for you

Oh, "Glück auf", Bochum

You are the canopy bed for pigeons

And constantly on coke

Have your arbor in the community garden

Defeat every opponent with a double pass

You and your VFL

Bochum, I come from you

Bochum, I care for you

Oh, "Glück auf", Bochum

• Artist:Herbert Grönemeyer
• Album:4630 Bochum (1984)