Artist：the  rakes

Songs  Title：strasbourg

I'll  meet  you  in  West  Germany

October  1983

I  know  that  freedom  was  a  lie

And  your  husband  was  a  spy

You  say  that  words  are  impotent

But  they  can  help  us  pay  the  rent

I  knew  for  sure  there  was  nothing  left

Except  the  vodka  on  your  breath

We  meet  in  Strasbourg

In  Strasbourg

Dann  sind  wir  Helden

We  meet  in  Strasbourg

The  courage  that  your  father  plucked

From  inside  a  cattle  truck

Will  help  us  fix  the  exit  polls

Our  children  must  have  rock'n'roll

Surveillance  cameras  captured  dawn

Breaking  on  the  autobahn

I  knew  for  sure  our  chance  was  blown

When  rifles  made  us  feel  at  home

We  meet  in  Strasbourg

In  Strasbourg

Dann  sind  wir  Helden

We  meet  in  Strasbourg

We  meet  in  Strasbourg

In  Strasbourg

Dann  sind  wir  Helden

We  meet  in  Strasbourg

Eins,  zwei,  drei,  vier

Ideas  can  change  the  government

But  they  never  listen  to  our  arguments

On  TV  our  friends  smashed  cement

And  pulled  down  the  bastards  monuments

I  went  outside  for  a  cigarette

I  could  see  things  I  had  tried  to  forget

The  news  showed  us  who  we  had  left

And  I  could  smell  the  vodka  on  your  breath