My Way [English translation]

I know the end is near

and so I face the final curtain

My friend I'll say it clear

I'll state my case of which I'm certain

I've lived a life that's full

I've traveled each and every highway

And more, much more than this

I did it my way...

The world is so broken

Everything on this earth is rubble rubble rubble

(whoa whoa whoa)

And now, everything is falling into place

There's no hard times when I'm by your side 1

And then, yeah then and when

The man, the man of your dreams comes

And then you'll hold on to him

For a lifetime

And money, is-money money-is worth more than me

(than you, then me)

We can't live on bread alone.2

And gossip doesn't fill anyone's belly either

In this so-called city

The pressure's got to go

(They pressure must go)

Otherwise it'll stay

For a lifetime

Berlin, Berlin, dead city-shit city

With barbed wire on white fences

(whoa whoa whoa)

Berlin is old and full of violence

Where did they go

(yeah, where did they go)

The beautiful dreams?

And then, yeah then and when

A lightening bolt flashes out of the joyous sky

And smashes the whole society

Just like that.

And money is-money- is worth more than me

(than you, then me)

We can't live on bread alone3

And "blah-blah" doesn't fill anyone's belly either

In this so-called city

The pressure's got to go, otherwise it'll stay

(whoa whoa whoa whoa)

For a lifetime

1. I was a little free with the translation here, literally it's "there's not bankruptcy at your side"2. literally, "eating isn't enough for us", rendered the same below3. see above footnote

• Artist:Nina Hagen