Ich war noch niemals in New York [English translation]

And after dinner he said

Let me just get some cigarettes

She called after him, take the keys with you

I will in the meantime look after the child

He closed the door, walked out silently

Into the neon-lighted stairwell

It smelled of floor polish and smugness

And on the stairs he thought, what would happen if this was a departure

He'd simply have to go for all time

For all time ...

For all time ...

I have never been to NY

I have never been to Hawaii

Never walked through San Francisco in torn jeans

I have never been to NY

I was never really free

Once being crazy and cross all limits

And when he stood outside on the street

He realized that he was carrying everything with him

The passport, the Eurocard and some money

Maybe there was even still a flight this evening

He could take a taxi there at the corner

Or tramp and simply be gone

The longing woke up inside of him again

To be once full of dreams

To be freed from this limitedness

He thought of his departure, his departure

I have never been to NY

I have never been to Hawaii

Never walked through San Francisco in torn jeans

I have never been to NY

I was never really free

Once being crazy and cross all limits

Then he put his cigarretes into his pockets

And went home as if it was natural

Through the stairwell with floor polish and smugness

The wife called "Hey, where have you been

"Dalli Dalli" starts in a minute"

She asked "Has something happened?"

"No, what should have happened"

• Artist:Udo Jürgens
• Album:Silberstreifen, 1982