Nasses Gold [English translation]

(Refrain:)

So he descended into the catacombs

And risked his life totally

One man has to do the job

In order to raise the wet gold

Yeah, some high science

And symphonies and higher spheres

Wouldn't have been created, if the colleagues

Had just always stayed sober

Knee-deep in whisky – up to the navel in vodka

Thus he went through his life

Again and again down – into the underground

In order to raise the special pearls of wisdom

He was like such a martyr

Who dares to go down there for you all

Into the dangerous abysses

With the murderous Whisky bride

In the deep sea of recognition

He swam through the alcohol

In search of the gin of life

In order to get to the bottom of truth

(Refrain)

Madness and genius – he often thought about

What a wonderful couple – especially at the bar

Like made for each other

So he went on binges all the time – studied set theory

And imagines how it would be like with Freud and Bukowski

Without all that alcohol (and other drugs...)

They descended into the catacombs

And risked their lives

'cause they had to do the job

In order to raise the wet gold

Yeah, some high science

And symphonies and higher spheres

Wouldn't have been created, if the colleagues

Had just always stayed sober

• Artist:Udo Lindenberg
• Album:Stark wie Zwei (2008)