Wat, usser Rock 'n' Roll?
What, besides Rock 'n' Roll?
                         
                        
                            
                                        Die 
                                        nähxte 
                                        Stadt, 
                                        dieselbe 
                                        Crew, 
                                        nur'n 
                                        andre 
                                        Hall, 
                                        en 
                                        Dos 
                                        'Bier 
                                        un 
                                        Schwachsinn 
                                        om 
                                        Hotelkanal. 
                                        Häzzschlaach 
                                        em 
                                        Takt 
                                        vun 
                                        'nem 
                                        Song, 
                                        dä 
                                        du 
                                        ald 
                                        1000 
                                        Mohl 
                                        op 
                                        dä 
                                        Tour 
                                        jespillt 
                                        häss. 
                                        Häss 
                                        dir 
                                        ahm 
                                        Telefon 
                                        de 
                                        Finger 
                                        wundjewählt. 
                                        Wenn 
                                        se 
                                        sich 
                                        doch 
                                        melde 
                                        däät! 
                                        Ding 
                                        Phantasie 
                                        läuf 
                                        Amok, 
                                        un 
                                        du 
                                        stells 
                                        dir 
                                        vür, 
                                        wie 
                                        'e 
                                        se 
                                        em 
                                        Arm 
                                        hällt 
                                        un 
                                        Sprüch 
                                        afflööt, 
                                        die 
                                        se 
                                        vun 
                                        dir 
                                        nie 
                                        jehührt. 
                                        Nur 
                                        als 
                                        Streuner 
                                        häss 
                                        du 
                                        dich 
                                        joot 
                                        jeföhlt. 
                                        Wat, 
                                        usser 
                                        Rock'n'Roll 
                                        un 
                                        wat 
                                        dozojehührt, 
                                        hätt 
                                        dich 
                                        je 
                                        intressiert? 
                                        Eez 
                                        wenn 
                                        et 
                                        Saalleech 
                                        stirv, 
                                        un 
                                        du'm 
                                        Verfoljer 
                                        stehs 
                                        un 
                                        vun 
                                        der 
                                        Bühn 
                                        uss 
                                        die 
                                        Jeseechter 
                                        siehs, 
                                        für 
                                        die 
                                        du 
                                        noh 
                                        Stääne 
                                        griefs, 
                                        eez 
                                        wenn 
                                        du 
                                        op 
                                        die 
                                        Reis 
                                        durch 
                                        ding 
                                        Erinnrung 
                                        jehs, 
                                        bess 
                                        du 
                                        do, 
                                        wo 
                                        du 
                                        Jeföhle 
                                        ennjestehs, 
                                        kalt 
                                        un 
                                        heiß 
                                        ... 
                                        laut 
                                        un 
                                        leis: 
                                        Wat, 
                                        usser 
                                        Rock'n'Roll 
                                        un 
                                        wat 
                                        dozojehührt, 
                                        dich 
                                        noch 
                                        berührt. 
                                        "...un 
                                        wat 
                                        blieht 
                                        övvrisch?" 
                                        hässte 
                                        dich 
                                        schon 
                                        off 
                                        jefrooch, 
                                        wenn 
                                        du 
                                        ir'ndwo 
                                        wachloochs 
                                        un 
                                        dir 
                                        dann 
                                        selvs 
                                            e 
                                            X 
                                        zum 
                                            U 
                                        paratjemaat. 
                                        "Ess 
                                        et 
                                        dat 
                                        wert?", 
                                        wenn 
                                        du 
                                        die 
                                        Schirve 
                                        soochs, 
                                        immer 
                                        ohne 
                                        Antwoot. 
                                        Dat 
                                        bessje 
                                        Rock 
                                        'n 
                                        Roll 
                                        für 
                                        all 
                                        dä 
                                        Selvsbetrooch, 
                                        ess 
                                        dir 
                                        dat 
                                        em 
                                        Ähnz 
                                        jenooch? 
                            
                                        The 
                                        next 
                                        city, 
                                        the 
                                        same 
                                        crew, 
                                        just 
                                            a 
                                        different 
                                        hall, 
                                            a 
                                        pint 
                                        of 
                                        beer 
                                        and 
                                        nonsense 
                                        on 
                                        the 
                                        hotel 
                                        TV. 
                                        Head 
                                        banging 
                                        to 
                                        the 
                                        beat 
                                        of 
                                            a 
                                        song 
                                        that 
                                        you've 
                                        played 
                                        1000 
                                        times 
                                        on 
                                        this 
                                        tour. 
                                        You've 
                                        dialed 
                                        your 
                                        fingers 
                                        raw 
                                        on 
                                        the 
                                        phone. 
                                        If 
                                        only 
                                        she 
                                        would 
                                        answer! 
                                        Your 
                                        imagination 
                                        runs 
                                        wild, 
                                        and 
                                        you 
                                        picture 
                                        him 
                                        holding 
                                        her 
                                        in 
                                        his 
                                        arms 
                                        and 
                                        whispering 
                                        sweet 
                                        nothings 
                                        that 
                                        she's 
                                        never 
                                        heard 
                                        from 
                                        you. 
                                        You 
                                        only 
                                        feel 
                                        good 
                                        when 
                                        you're 
                                            a 
                                        vagabond. 
                                        What, 
                                        besides 
                                        rock 
                                        'n' 
                                        roll 
                                        and 
                                        what 
                                        goes 
                                        with 
                                        it, 
                                        has 
                                        ever 
                                        interested 
                                        you? 
                                        Only 
                                        when 
                                        the 
                                        stage 
                                        lights 
                                        dim, 
                                        and 
                                        you 
                                        face 
                                        the 
                                        crowd 
                                        and 
                                        see 
                                        the 
                                        faces 
                                        from 
                                        the 
                                        stage 
                                        for 
                                        whom 
                                        you 
                                        reach 
                                        for 
                                        the 
                                        stars, 
                                        only 
                                        when 
                                        you 
                                        embark 
                                        on 
                                            a 
                                        journey 
                                        through 
                                        your 
                                        memories, 
                                        do 
                                        you 
                                        get 
                                        to 
                                        where 
                                        you 
                                        can 
                                        finally 
                                        admit 
                                        your 
                                        feelings, 
                                        hot 
                                        and 
                                        cold... 
                                        loud 
                                        and 
                                        soft: 
                                        What, 
                                        besides 
                                        rock 
                                        'n' 
                                        roll 
                                        and 
                                        what 
                                        goes 
                                        with 
                                        it, 
                                        still 
                                        touches 
                                        you. 
                                        "...and 
                                        what 
                                        remains?" 
                                        you've 
                                        already 
                                        asked 
                                        yourself, 
                                        when 
                                        you 
                                        wake 
                                        up 
                                        somewhere 
                                        and 
                                        then 
                                        cross 
                                        your 
                                        arms 
                                        over 
                                        your 
                                        chest. 
                                        "Is 
                                        it 
                                        worth 
                                        it?", 
                                        when 
                                        you 
                                        seek 
                                        the 
                                        forgetfulness, 
                                        always 
                                        without 
                                        an 
                                        answer. 
                                        That 
                                        bit 
                                        of 
                                        rock 
                                        'n' 
                                        roll 
                                        for 
                                        all 
                                        that 
                                        self-denial, 
                                        is 
                                        it 
                                        enough 
                                        for 
                                        you 
                                        in 
                                        the 
                                        end?