thanks for the photographs 
they made me laugh and they made me cry 
remember when the days melted into one 
you lost your job and got another one 
nobody was serious for very long 

that was some holiday 
four young studs with all the love in the world 
when they kicked us out and closed up the bars 
we lay on the beach and just watched the stars 
you could just about hear a far-off guitar 

 [bad word] 
the days are long the nights too short 
can we get together and make it last till it’s gone 
we wake beneath a lemon sky 
two of us together like devils in disguise 

I still remember her skin 
brown from the sun and it shone 
in the dark of the room we were in 
she was from the German city of Cologne 
we exchanged letters for a month or so 
then i forgot about her till a moment ago 

 [bad word] 

do you get to choose your life? 
you think about it when things don’t turn out right 
 [bad word] the trains never stop around here 
people smile back but it’s just a veneer 
it’s only a disguise for a bittter sneer