Flaschenpost [English translation]

We made up Hollywood movies

Soap operas filled with Sturm und Drang

We've talked ourself sore throats an made plans

Big gestures, all the way

Along the old railroad through the dunes, a

wobbling procession

Like Lari und Fari

Like Stefan and Harry

And so often like father like son

Like Lari und Fari

Like Stefan und Harry

And so often like father and son

A friend I trusted like no other

A scoundrel, there's no second one like him

A searcher, a drifter

And I loved him so much

He once gave me a silly, warm bonnet

One that makes you look like a fool

I forced myself to wear it, just to please him

and we just kept laughing

On long nights we pondered and sang and

emptied many a glass

And in the morning, still drunk

Collapsed

We explained the world to each other

And in the morning, still drunk

Collapsed

We explained the world to each other

What did I say, what did I do

To hurt him so much?

No letter, no message, no telephone calls

And I miss him on many days

Many a day, when I walk through the dunes

I think of him, and he appears out of the fog

There, the dark figure at the end of the road

He makes large gestures! And I run

If it is him, I will recognize him from afar, that's why

I'm not afraid

By my open arms

And the silly, warm

Bonnet and by the way I walk

By my open arms

And the silly bonnet

He will recognize me by the way I walk!

• Artist:Reinhard Mey
• Album:Flaschenpost (1998)