Der Junge Von St Pauli

The boy from St. Pauli

He has seen the world

In every distant harbor
he wanted to drop anchor.
The longing drove him further
he believed in his luck
but all roads led
back to St. Pauli.

We played as children
Captain and helmsman
the Elbe at St. Pauli
was our ocean.
In Altona at the fish market
we knew our way around
but then at sixteen years old
I sailed out to the great sea.

I once knew a girl
we loved each other so much
I believed
that the girl
was my destiny.
But she left me
she was alone for too long
seafaring and loyalty
can rarely be friends.