Hildegard Knef, Liedtexte: In This Old Town

Hildegard Knef: Liedtexte

In This Old Town

(In dieser Stadt)

Charly Niessen / Charly Niessen, Marcel Stellman

Empty paper bags from bread and butter

Crumpled cartons void of cigarettes

Endlessly they drift towards the gutter

Walking down this road I can’t forget

In the park I used to pick the flowers

And give mother her birthday bouquet

In this old town I know my way

This good old town of childhood days

Though this old town has seen a change

In this old town I don’t feel strange

Quite nearby there used to be a lamplight

By a lover’s seat where young girls hoped

That someday they’d find a shining love-light

My first love turned out to be a joke

All at once I felt the urge to wonder

Came the dawn and I was far from home

But this old town when I’m alone

Is still the town that I call home

Though this old town has seen a change,

In this old town I don’t feel strange

Standing, waiting in some railway station

Who said it’s a gateway to the world?

When I reached my latest destination

Then I knew the whole trip was absurd

Not until some lonely nights of sorrow

Did I know that I’d come back to stay

In this old town I know my way

This good old town of childhood days

Though this old town has seen a change

In this old town I don’t feel strange

Erstveröffentlichung: LP Love For Sale, 6/1969

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