Ich will nicht werden was mein Alter ist [English translation]

When I come home, there is an old guy sitting,

Which means, he is my father, and I also believe, that's him.

We see each other only sometimes and then we don't talk much,

but when we do talk, he says: Boy, you won't do much.

Everything, that you start, you will immediately stop doing.

You will never be able to feed your family, and you won't find a bride.

You must work, you must slave away like me!

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But I don't want to be like my old man. Nope!

I don't want to be like my old man

I want to take a break and not give a damn about motherf*cking money.

I know, if this goes on, I am done with the world.

Work makes life sweet, so sweet like machine oil.

All day I just do things that I don't really want to do,.

I'd really like to throw furniture at my boss.

But I don't get my fist out of pocket, I no longer know what I want.

I want the most to run away from home when there's a quarrell again.

I wait every Monday morning for Friday night.

But my folks say: "You must work, you must slave away like me!"

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But my folks say: "You must work, you must slave away like me!"

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• Artist:Ton Steine Scherben
• Album:Warum geht es mir so dreckig (1971)