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von Peter Cornelius

When I often look into the fool's box,
Then I see a girl with eyes so blue,
A blue that can't be compared to anything else.
She was the declared crush at school,
Of me and all my friends, but then,
On the last day of school, life took its course.
We immediately lost sight of each other,
I often wondered what had become of her.
The paths we both took,
Were not the same.
And the day before yesterday, I was sitting in a bar,
I looked into two eyes and suddenly,
It's this blue, that can't be compared to anything else.

Excuse me, I know you,
Aren't you the girl
I liked as a boy?


The one who was already flirtatious at thirteen,
More than was allowed,
And who wore tight jeans.
I didn't sleep for nights,
Just because you winked once in the schoolyard.
Come on, let's cross out fifteen years,
Let's catch up on everything now,
As if nothing had happened in between.

She looks at me for half a minute,
She looks so that I can't say anything anymore,
I sit there paralyzed, and can't believe it.
I don't listen to music anymore and I'm just waiting,
For her to finally say, "Now I'm waking up, Peter, who lived ten houses down the street."
She winks at me like she did fifteen years ago,
She says, "So how are you, my little Peter? Of course,
You haven't been heard from in a long time."
I just nodded, "Yes, for a very long time, yes, much too long."
She said, "Come on, let's try it together now."
And later, laughing, I said to her again on the street.


Excuse me, I know you.
Aren't you the girl
I liked as a boy?
The girl who was already flirtatious at thirteen,
More than was allowed,
And who wore tight jeans.
I went nights without sleeping,
Just because you winked once in the schoolyard.
Come on, let's cross out fifteen years,
Make up for everything now,
As if there was nothing in between.

Excuse me, I know you.
Aren't you the girl
I liked as a boy?
The one who was already flirtatious at thirteen,
More than was allowed,
And who wore tight jeans.
I didn't sleep for nights,
Just because you winked once in the schoolyard.
Come on, let's erase fifteen years,
Let's make up for everything now,
As if there was nothing in between.
Come on, let's erase fifteen years,
Let's make up for everything now,
As if there was nothing in between.