Über den Wolken [English translation]

Wind's from north east, runway zero three

I can hear the motors from here

drawing across like an arrow

And my ears are vibrating

And the wet asphalt soil is quaking

Like a haze the rain is dusting

Till it takes off and floats

Towards the sun

Over the clouds, freedom must be borderless

All your fears and all your sorrows, they say

Remained unseen underneath, and then

Whatever seems big and important to us

Became vain and small.

I keep watching it for long

Watching it climbing the clouds

Till more and more the lights

Fade into the grey rain

My eyes have already

Lost that tiny point

From far away I can just hear

The buzzing motors

Then everything is quiet and I go

Rain pouring through my jacket

Somebody is cooking coffee

In the hut of the airport security

There's petrol in the puddle

Iridescent like a rainbow

It's a mirror for the clouds

I'd have liked to fly along

Over the clouds, freedom must be borderless

All your fears and all your sorrows, they say

Remained unseen underneath, and then

Whatever seems big and important to us

Became vain and small.

Over the clouds, freedom must be borderless

All your fears and all your sorrows, they say

Remained unseen underneath, and then

Whatever seems big and important to us

Became vain and small.

• Artist:Reinhard Mey
• Album:Die großen Erfolge- 1984