Zum Laichen und Sterben ziehen die Lachse den Fluss hinauf [English translation]

I was born in a Kadett1

A poster of Littbarski2 hung above my bed

Autumn '74, constellation Aries

In the cold war we knew why we still shivered

On finger in the air, two crossed behind my back

I will never forget what you dream about at night

Life is hard but that's the price to pay

To spawn and to die, that's why salmon swims upstream

When my first string broke, I thought my instrument was broke

I cried like it was lost forever

Now I have a guitar and I'll travel

I never get tired of praising the things I love

When there's a lesson to be learned I've learned it

Life is like fire it burns and it heats

Life is hard but that's the price to pay

To spawn and to die, that's why salmon swims upstream

To spawn and to die, that's why salmon swims upstream

My life feels like hunted whales

like a horse's skull filled with eels

I put my head in the lion's mouth

The wind takes me and I fly with the seagulls

When there's a lesson to be learned I've learned it

Life is like fire it burns and it heats

Life is hard but that's the price to pay

To spawn and to die, that's why salmon swims upstream

To spawn and to die, that's why salmon swims upstream

1. A popular car model from Opel (GM)2. German soccer player

• Artist:Thees Uhlmann
• Album:Thees Uhlmann