Lächeln [English translation]

Jokes are going around, industrials are corrupting

Money is again omnipotent

Politicians work well

Everything is as it was desired

Agents are found anywhere

Wires bring us sunshine

The climate is so mild

The back is always getting wider

Only sitting you get on further

Nothing really matters

A smile is upon this country

Is grinning unbearably ignorant

Smiling becomes a duty

Joke get out

It's slowly getting ridiculous

Everything euphemized, stepping back is a shame

Self-justified wonder

You're widing the smallest success

In order to hide mistakes

If you laugh about the smile

You're suspicious of being a national enemy

Black lists are rotating

They're building up vane hope

Those who stand aside don't count

They're all well within, aren't they

A smile is upon this country

Is grinning unbearably ignorant

Smiling becomes a duty

Joke get out

It's slowly getting ridiculous

• Artist:Herbert Grönemeyer
• Album:Sprünge (1986)