Born to be wild [English translation]

Hello Girl, Listen to me

around four in the morning tomorrow

I come to pick you up

and wait at the back door

you still write a farewell letter

and stick it to the kitchen cupboard:

Dear parents, a thousand thanks

but your world that makes me sick

We are driving through empty streets

far out on the highway

whatever comes our way, our horizon begins!

And then they will be looking for us

but they never find us

and the philistines curse:

This is anarchy!

Born to be wild

Born to be wild, yeah

Just look at the types of these

Baby, I've got it figured

Moscow, Bonn and Pentagon

they babble out and nothing happened

Shall they still close their palaces

and all weapons explode into space

but they knock only false slogans

and they are ruinning the planet

But we are quite many

and we become more and more

and to our victory

we don't need no more war, no war.

Born to be wild

Born to be wild, yeah

We are running through empty streets

far out on the highway

whatever comes our way, our horizon begins!

Born to be wild

Born to be wild, yeah

And the philistine will curse you

because you go for it:

monkey （A person who is mocked, duped）, sympathizer and communist

And the philistine will curse you

because you go for it:

anarchist, anti-social, radical and criminal.

Born to be wild

Born to be wild, yeah

• Artist:Udo Lindenberg
• Album:Der Detektiv / Rock Revue 2