Der Mann ist das Problem [English translation]
Der Mann ist das Problem [English translation]
Who considers himself the greatest
Ever since this world's been turning?
Who's splitting the atom
Until the whole country burns?
Who drives like crazy
Pushing on the highway?
Who is too scared to go to the dentist
But has no qualms starting wars?
Yes, it's man1
Oh yeah, man
Who is lecturing you on his honor
While simultaneously cheating the state?
Who visits brothels
And invented celibacy?
Who's playing with handgrenades
And puts fire to the jungle?
Who keeps his car clean
And pollutes the oceans?
It's man
Oh yeah, man
This happens to be the truth
He's the failure in the system
Man
Is the problem
Who creates nuclear MCA's
In more places than just Fukishima?
Who does not listen a bit
To what his wife says, as a matter of principle?
Who's a know-it-all
Running amok every now and then?
Who's making peace deals
While purchasing new weapons?
It's man
Oh yeah, man
Hole in the ozone layer, espionage, well versed in drug deals
Mafia or Camorra - if he's gonna do something
He's doing it on a grand scale
Primitive bar room jokes
Raging delusions of grandeur
If he's causing an oil spill
It's other people's fault
That's what man is like
Oh yeah, man
This happens to be the truth
He's the failure in the system
Man
Is the problem
He's a dictator, a Rambo, a bureaucrat
A con artist, a skyjacker
Unfaithful, cheeky, lazy, too
Yet women love him in spite of all that
This happens to be the truth
He's the failure in the system
Man
Is the problem
This happens to be the truth
He's the failure in the system
Man
Is the problem
1. Referring to the male gender, not "man" as placeholder for humans in general.
- Artist:Udo Jürgens
- Album:Mitten im Leben (2014)