Strasbourg

I'll meet you in West Germany
 October 1983
 I know that freedom was a lie
 And your husband was a spy
 You say that words are impotent
 But they can help us pay the rent
 I knew for sure there was nothing left
 Except the vodka on your breath
 We meet in Strasbourg
 In Strasbourg
 Dann sind wir Helden
 We meet in Strasbourg
 The courage that your father plucked
 From inside a cattle truck
 Will help us fix the exit polls
 Our children must have rock 'n' roll
 Surveillance cameras captured dawn
 Breaking on the autobahn
 I knew for sure our chance was blown
 When rifles made us feel at home
 We meet in Strasbourg
 In Strasbourg
 Dann sind wir Helden
 We meet in Strasbourg
 We meet in Strasbourg
 In Strasbourg
 Dann sind wir Helden
 We meet in Strasbourg
 Eins, zwei, drei, vier
 Ideas can change the government
 But they never listen to our arguments
 On TV our friends smashed cement
 And pulled down the bastards monuments
 I went outside for a cigarette
 I saw things I had tried to forget
 The news showed us who we had left
 And I could smell the vodka on your breath