Mark English translation
von Ina Müller

Mark would have held the door open for me,
With Mark you could have such a good talk, you see,
Mark would never have made such a mess,
Mark would have laughed out loud at my joke, no less,
Mark always knew exactly how I felt,
Mark never just up and left after we dealt,
Mark was younger, in better shape,
Mark would never have looked at another, no escape.
Now I’ve got Jens, and he’s quite okay,
I’m happy to see him when he comes my way,
But no matter what Jens might do with me,
I think with Mark it was twice as good, you see,
I know you’re not supposed to,
It’s silly and dumb,
But I still keep converting things back into Mark-sum.


Well, with Mark it’s been quite a while,
As great as it was then, it’s not now the style,
Mark surely doesn’t look quite as fine,
Probably just sits on the sofa all the time,
He surely wouldn’t try half as hard,
After five years living together and three wed in regard,
Mark probably can’t as often anymore,
His butt’s got wrinkles, not soft like before.

Now I’ve got Jens, and he’s quite okay,
I’m happy to see him when he comes my way,
But no matter what Jens might do with me,
I think with Mark it was twice as good, you see,
I know you’re not supposed to,
It’s silly and dumb,
But I still keep converting things back into Mark-sum.

These days I only even think, in a long affair,
What if the guy were more like Mark to compare,
With Mark it probably wouldn’t have gone much better,
But what could I even buy with that memory letter?

Now I’ve got Jens, and he’s quite okay,
I’m happy to see him when he comes my way,
But no matter what Jens might do with me,
I think with Mark it was twice as good, you see,
I know you’re not supposed to,
It’s silly and dumb,
But I still keep converting things back into Mark-sum.