Lyrics and translation Bläck Fööss - Rheinhotel (The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore)

Rheinhotel (The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore)

He an dä Stell su vür knapp dressich Johr
He hammer jestande, jedräump un lange Hoor.
De Jittar jeschnapp, op de Bühn, letzte Rund
Zom viertemol "Help!", weil et Gerti drop stund.

Blome em Hoor, "Sergeant Pepper" em Kopp
Un doch wood sich drusse öm de Mädche jeklopp.
Wochenäng Razzia, zehn Uhr vorbei
Ming Fründin erwisch, keinen Ausweis dobei.

He hammer all schon ens Musik jemaat
Niemols vun Morje un Sorje jeschwad,
'Ne Blaue für jeden, Mädche un Bier,
Dat all es e Stöckche vun dir un vun mir.

Die "Screamers", die "Beat Stones", die "Shades", "Guys'n Doll"
Samsdaachs un sonndaachs wor dä Laade brechend voll
Un soss mer bes morjens am Rhing en ener Rund
Dann mot us 'ner Band widder einer zom Bund.

He hammer all schon ens Musik jemaat
Niemols vun Morje un Sorje jeschwad,
'Ne Blaue für jeden, Mädche un Bier,
Dat all es e Stöckche vun dir un vun mir

Su manchesmol wenn ich die Bilder hück sin
Dann hölt mich die Zick - un et Rheinhotel en.
Ston se dann all su wie vür dressich Johr
Un singe: The Sun ain't gonna shine anymore.

Rheinhotel (The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore)

We are standing right here, barely thirty years older
Not so long ago we stood here with big dreams and long hair.
The guitars are tuned, we are on stage, for the last round,
We play "Help!" for the fourth time, because Gerti insisted on it.

Flowers in our hair, "Sergeant Pepper" on our minds,
Yet outside the fights over the girls were getting out of hand.
Weekend raids at ten p.m. were the norm,
They caught my girlfriend, she didn't have her ID with her.

We had all made music together at some point,
Never speaking of the challenges and worries of the future,
A black eye for everyone, girls and beer,
All this is part of you and me.

The "Screamers", the "Beat Stones", the "Shades", "Guys'n Doll"
On Saturdays and Sundays the place was packed,
And we would sit by the Rhine until the morning,
Until one of the band had to leave for the army.

We had all made music together at some point
Never speaking of the challenges and worries of the future,
A black eye for everyone, girls and beer,
All this is part of you and me.

Sometimes when I look at these pictures today,
Time stands still - and the Rheinhotel lingers in my mind.
Are they all still standing there, like they were thirty years ago,
Singing: The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore?