Nein, ich lass dich nicht allein [English translation]

Chorus: No, I won't leave you alone.

I'll simply sit here,

I'll stay here with you,

For as long as you like.

I have all the time in the world.

I don't have to be anywhere.

I won't leave you alone.

We'll have a hell of a good time, just as in the past,

Lenny and George, you well know:

Of Mice and Men! And I will

Order us something from the pizzaguy and your 90s Bordeaux wine

We deserve it, we do !

"We live from the earth's richness".

I'll get the old records out, the nice, black vinyl ones,

Full of scratches and feeling.

What will it be, Chet Baker or Haydn?

And if you want, I'll read to you from your favourite books. "Voices" or "Der Kontrabaß", "Winnie the Pooh" or "The Wind in the Willows"?

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I'll dig out the old photo albums. Look, this was 12 years ago,

When we drove to Saint-Jean

And passed by Lourdes, too.

And from that spring, with the hype that makes you lose all your faith,

You brought a can of healing water

For Hans, who believes in that.

And when, shortly before Vic-Fézensac, the car was losing coolant,

You took out that can

And opened it reverendly.

Then you filled the cooler, I couldn't believe my eyes,

But since then, the cooler is leakproof!

And we shouldn't believe in miracles?!

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I still got that old bus and a glove-box full of cassettes.

Come, if you want, I am wide awake,

We'll drive through the night into morning.

Up to the island, if you want,

To the sea, we have enough time,

The first auto train is at 5

And I'll get us both some coffee.

The big parking-lot at the cliff will be ours alone for the entire time,

At that hour there's no-one there,

No stranger will come to meet you.

Outside, in front of the window, the sea is raging, the storm is rattling our car.

Here it's warm inside

And rain is drumming on the roof.

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Maybe my talking annoys you, and I'm chattering too much.

Just tell me, when I need to be quiet

And I'll be world champion in shutting up.

I swear to you, if you need anything, if things are really too hard for you,

I will get you the best "stuff" in the world.

You just have to show me.

And if you're close to the end of the road, free and without fear,

And your heart has become so light,

Then go, without looking back,

Before my burden weighs you down, before my heaviness keeps you.

If you want, if you'd like that,

I'll let you loose, I'll let you go.

• Artist:Reinhard Mey
• Album:Leuchtfeuer