Hurra, hurra, die Schule brennt [English translation]

Today the little girls from the suburbs

are wearing nose rings out of phosphorous

With blue lips and green hair

and matchbox labels behind their ears

There's brown bottles

sticking out of their jackets.

That's how they look going through the streets

Everywhere they pass by

the scent of gasoline hangs in the air.

That's new! That's new!

Hurray, hurray, the school's on fire!

The little girls from the suburbs

are smashing all the fire alarms

The sirens wail,

all the bells are ringing,

the children start to scream.

Weiiiii-oooo, weiiiiiii-oooo,

The fire department isn't far behind

It burns so nice,

Soon there'll only be embers left,

where the school just was.

And they sing:

That's awesome! That's awesome!

Hurray, hurray, the school's on fire!

Today the little girls from the suburbs

are wearing nose rings out of phosphorous,

battery-powered radios

and New Wave music in their ears.

They stand together,

real close to the flames,

until the sun goes down.

The fire department's job

is twice as hard,

because the wind is changing.

And they sing:

That's awesome! That's awesome!

Hurray, hurray, the school's on fire!

And they sing:

That's awesome! That's awesome!

Hurray, hurray, the school's on fire!

• Artist:Extrabreit
• Album:Single (1982)