Erfurt & Gera English translation
von Nina Hagen

Dear mourners!
We met here today
To mourn the departure of our beloved Christian Kiesling from Erfurt
Let us give the dead man our last escort and ask the Lord in heaven for mercy for his soul!


There's a dead stone on the highway
Between Erfurt and Gera
There a poor pig died in a car accident
It was pretty heavy one!
Oh, Christian
Died on the highway
A few weeks before he had just run away
Fom the east to the west
The escape attempt was the best!
It was his first trip back and it broke his neck
From Wessi Land to West Berlin
Between Erfurt and Gera
Fate played teachers!
But hello!
Born in Erfurt, died in Erfurt, he took off with a clique of 7
And all of them from Erfurt, died in Erfurt, all I have left is the loving memory
He was a braggart, boaster... immediately bought by Bild
Spending money, playboy life, drunk in Erfurt!
There... silence! Otherwise I'll get the People's Police! But hello! (And the spirit of Walter Ulbricht)
There's a dead stone on the highway
Between Erfurt and Gera!
So that it doesn't get any worse, I'll turn it on. I am a convert.
And if you exchange your Trabbi's for BMW's, you better listen to the little inner voice!
You East Germans are racing west to test your new cars!
Now slam on the brakes, no one sleeps here, the shroud industry is all the rage and everything is so colorful here, it's easy to get carried away here!
Oh, Christian died on the highway, the picture on Sunday was totally crazy!
Don't let yourself be misled, you're one of the clever ones!

Would you please identify yourself! Nah, but I can give you a banana!