Millennium (Der Countdown Laeuft)
Aleksey
Millennium (The Countdown Is On)
The countdown is on, baby
Hold on tight as all of humanity leaves the millennium behind
Armageddon or world peace, the year 2000
Take me home, take me home
(Take me home, take me home)
Born in 1977, the first Rocky movie is playing in theaters
Cologne FC becomes German ice hockey champions in '79
In '79, the Soviets invade Afghanistan
And Jody Scheckter will drive Ferrari to victory
In 1980, a military coup in Liberia
Many people die in the South Korean uprising
And in '82, E.T. hits the big screen
The cash registers ring from LA to the Rhineland
'84 HIV is discovered
And the Discovery is traveling through space
The NDW rocks the clubs more and more
And the turn of the millennium is getting closer
The countdown is on, baby
Hold on tight as all of humanity leaves the millennium behind
Armageddon or world peace, the year 2000
Take me home, take me home
The countdown is on, baby
Hold on tight as all of humanity leaves the millennium behind
Armageddon or world peace, the year 2000
Take me home, take me home
In 1985, Live Aid concert for Africa
And Boris Becker becomes a tennis star at 17
In '86, the Challenger explodes
A year later, Cologne fires Toni Schumacher
In '88, there's a nuclear waste scandal
And Steffi Graf achieves the Grand Slam for the first and last time
Bremen becomes champions, kids play computer games
Still without Ronaldo, Vivaldo, Pretz, or Batistuta
In '90, Ceausescu is executed
GDR opens its borders, Bild reports
Wec Le Mans wins the Tour de France with great difficulty
And the turn of the millennium is getting closer
The countdown is on, baby
Hold on tight as all of humanity leaves the millennium behind
Armageddon or world peace, the year 2000
Take me home, take me home
The countdown is on, baby
Hold on tight as all of humanity leaves the millennium behind
Armageddon or world peace, the year 2000
Take me home, take me home
In 1990, Germany reunites
And Kaiser Franz's team becomes World Cup champions in Rome
In '91, Saddam loses the Gulf War
And Michael Stich wins Wimbledon
In 1995, O.J. Simpson is released again
And Lady Di dies two years later
The world rejoices over Nastassja Kinski
And in '98, Clinton enjoys the services of Lewinsky
In '99, tanks roll in Kosovo
SPD's Gerhard Schröder becomes Chancellor
So much has happened and much more is yet to come
And the millennium is getting closer and closer
(The Bible calls this event Armageddon, the end of days)
The countdown is on, baby
Hold on tight as all of humanity leaves the millennium behind
Armageddon or world peace, the year 2000
Take me home, take me home
The countdown is on, baby
Hold on tight as all of humanity leaves the millennium behind
Armageddon or world peace, the year 2000
Take me home, take me home
The countdown is on...
Take me home, take me home
