Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett [English translation]

Refrain:

Mimi never goes to bed without a thriller,

never goes to bed,

never goes to bed,

never goes to bed,

unfortunately, Mimi can't do without a thriller

and the light stays on all night.

Every evening, Mimi goes nighty-night at half past nine,

but never without going to the bookcase first.

She doesn't take a Goethe or Schiller off the shelf,

no, a hardcore thriller is what Mimi picks out.

(Refrain)

I want to sleep, but Mimi wants to read.

I want to sleep, but Mimi's only on page 104,

where the killer from Manhattan makes cyanide soup

for the judge who put him away back in Chicago.

I have to experience it all because she reads the best parts out loud.

I lie next to her, shaking, and I have goosebumps.

(Refrain)

I can't sleep because Mimi has to read,

I won't even wait for the next dead body before sneaking out of the bed,

out of the room, out of the apartment, onto the street and into the bar,

because a few shots there will make my head clear again.

I'm a regular with the bartender,

I stay with him as long as the lights in my house are still on.

(Refrain)

Mimi's got her thriller and Interpol and I've got my alcohol.

Mimi's got her thriller and Interpol and I've got my alcohol.

Cheers!

• Artist:Bill Ramsey
• Album:Single (1962)