Key: E minor
Intro 1
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The city's
Verse 1
spread beneath my feet,
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But not the one that I
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was after
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While I've been pounding
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The length of the Kudamm.
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Street legends on the tourist map,
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A fading script in Gothic,
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Em
Out in the studio they're
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Rehearsing in drag for a lark.
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Come on, let's get lost
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in the dark.
Verse 2
Am
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Tale another step, another move,
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What isn't written in the manuscript
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is a note to play with grace
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And if I exit from this story
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in a way I might retrace
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the cracks when I come back
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Another time's another place.
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Interlude 1
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Am
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The city's
Verse 3
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From the top of the Mercedes tower
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And I can see the darkness
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closing in
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Em
Verse 4
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But I can't take another step,
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no filling in, no cut and paste,
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A bankrupt process for the memory,
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this terrain is laid to waste.
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Verse 5
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That doesn't leave a nasty taste;
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So should I start to tell the story
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Will you put me in my place?
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When I return... in any
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case
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Another time's another place.
Interlude 2
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Verse 6
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Just when did this get broken?
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Bm
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I don't know where to be gin -
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I got a Ubahn ticket and
I'm in trouble in the rubble of Ber
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lin
Interlude 3
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Verse 7
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The light is getting dimmer,
The walls of history close in.
That predates the war.
Verse 8
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That was before,
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That was before,
That was a different Berlin,
That was another Berlin,
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That was before in Berlin.
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Outro 1
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G
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