Rauch-Haus-Song [English translation]

The Mariannenplatz was blue, so many cops were there,

and man Meier had to cry, it must have been the tear gas.

And he asked someone: "Tell me, is there a party today?"

"something similar", said one: "Bethanien is being occupied."

"It's about time", said man Meier, it has been empty long enough.

Ah, how beautiful life would be, if there was no more police.

But the chief of operations shouted: "Empty the Mariannenplatz,

so that my thugs have enough place to beat!"

But the people in the occupied house

shouted: "You won't get us out of here!

This is our house, kick out

Schmidt and Press and Mosch from Kreuzberg."

The senator was angry, the CDU was disgusted,

that the guys take now, what belongs to them anyway.

But to show the world how generous they are,

they said: "We clean up later, let them stay for now!"

And four month later it was written in Springers hot newspaper,

that the Georg-von-Rauch-House has a bomb-making workshop.

And as a clear evidence there are ten empty bottles of vine

and ten empty bottles can become ten Molotovs easily.

But the people in the Rauch-house

shouted: "You won't get us out of here!

This is our house, kick out

Schmidt and Press and Mosch from Kreuzberg."

Last Monday man Meier met his son in the metro.

He said: " They want to clean the Rauch-house,

Looks as if I will have to come home again."

"That's crazy", said man Meier "so we will be one more again

in our two room luxury apartment and Bethanien is empty again.

Tell me, do they have straw in their heads or shit?

They are living in the coolest chalets, we live in the last dump.

When they really clean up the Rauch-house,

I will be with you and beat the first cops

that will appear on their heads.

And I will shout out loud:

"You won't get us out of here!

This is our house, kick out

Schmidt and Press and Mosch from Kreuzberg."

And we will shout out loud:

"You won't get us out of here!

This is our house, kick out

Schmidt and Press and Mosch from Kreuzberg."

• Artist:Ton Steine Scherben
• Album:Keine Macht für Niemand (1972)