Traurig bin ich sowieso [English translation]

When we hit our children

in the face and on the butt

because we cannot stand ourselves

I'm sad anyway

When freedom of speech dies out

Noone against, noone in favour

When one only advertises for hypocrysy

I'm sad anyway

When I see myself spied on

Everywhere and nowhere

No matter where I go

I'm sad anyway

When a friend bolts to the West

Someone smiles mischievously

And noone trusts each other

I'm sad anyway

When one offers the highest prices

For threshed empty straw

And one rents out one's brain

I'm sad anyway

When the ideals are fucked up

And hope is nowhere to find

And boredom eats at us

I'm sad anyway

And i think about the poet

Who fled into optimism

Only for friendly faces

I'm sad anyway

When the houses beat us up

With the barbwire level

Tears only at drinking binges

I'm sad anyway

When I think of the prison

Ours and elsewhere

All the dismounted benches

I'm sad anyway

When I continue singing regardless

I carry the risk, too

And the head already in the noose

I'm sad anyway

Man, as long as we continue laughing

And we don't feel alone

And we can sitll do something

It's okay if I'm sad.

• Artist:Bettina Wegner
• Album:Traurig bin ich sowieso (1982)