Around the curve of The Parrot Bar
broken-down old movie star
Hustling and Easterner
Bringing out the beast in her
high dive on a swimming pool
Filled with needles and with fools
The memories are short but the tales are long
When you're in the Reeperbahn

Oh, they called her Rosie when she was a girl
For her bright red cheeks and strawberry curls
When she would laugh the river [bad word] She said she'd be [bad word] Oh what a pity, oh what a shame
When she said [bad word] calling" nobody came
Now her bright red cheeks are painted on
And she's laughing her head off in the Reeperbahn

Now little Hans was always strange
Wearing women's underthings
His father beat him but he wouldn't change
He ran off with a man one day
Now his lingerie is all the rage
In the black on every page
His father proudly calls his name
Down there in the Reeperbahn

Now if you've lost your inheritance
And all you've left [bad word] sense
And you're not too picky 'bout the crowd you keep
Or the mattress where you sleep
Behind every window, behind every door
The apple's gone but there's always the core
And the seeds will sprout up right through the floor
Down there in the Reeperbahn.

Down there in the Reeperbahn.