An 80er habit's hard to beat
Like a smiling face that
you'll never meet
Faunted by the praise of fools
The beggar calls to you
Run too soon and far from here
Where the baboon hind
shall come for you
Smile and trust the world
And you will never smile again
Ich bin ein simpler Mensch
Ich bin ein unsimpler Mensch
Mutterliebe, Muttergut
Lebenslust und Lebensflut
I have always tried to be
The rhythm that I am
I embrace disposability
And it won't let go of me
In the electric garden chair
Of Eden's golden pail
So pour it down the pa gan hatch
Where that loveless idol
will stay a while
Feather brown and belly high
And religious through the land
Ich bin ein simpler Mensch
Ich bin ein unsimpler Mensch
Unter Leben, unter Blut
Layman's laws, layman's flaws
I have always tried to be
The rhythm that I am
But if you peel the skin away
You won't come back another day
And if you peel the skin away
You won't like what you see
Ich bin ein unterwegs
Ich bin ein überwegs
Vaterliebe, Vatergut
Lebenslust, Lebenslust
I have always tried to be
The riddle that I am
Dragnet on the phantom isle
The killer asked to stay a while
I have always sought to change
The things I could not see
So find the bugger and find
the bomb
It's the cry of every mother's son
Fattered by the praise of fools
The killer makes his mark
Ich bin ein Simpelmensch
Ich bin ein unsimple Mensch
Mutterliebe, Muttergut
I have always tried to be
the rhythm that I am
an d if you peel the skin
away you can't
You'll come back another day,
und if you peel the skin away,
wir werden sehen, dass...