Artist: The Rakes
Song: Strasbourg

I'll meet you in West Germany 
October 1983 
I know that freedom was a lie 
And your husband was a spy 
You say that words are impotent 
But they can help us pay the rent 
I knew for sure there was nothing left 
Except the vodka on your breath 
We meet in Strasbourg 
In Strasbourg 
Dann sind wir Helden 
We meet in Strasbourg 

The courage that your father plucked 
From inside a cattle truck 
Will help us fix the exit polls 
Our children must have rock'n'roll 
Surveillance cameras captured dawn 
Breaking on the autobahn 
I knew for sure our chance was blown 
When rifles made us feel at home 

We meet in Strasbourg 
In Strasbourg 
Dann sind wir Helden 
We meet in Strasbourg 
We meet in Strasbourg 
In Strasbourg 
Dann sind wir Helden 
We meet in Strasbourg 

Eins, zwei, drei, vier 

Ideas can change the government 
But they never listen to our arguments 
On TV our friends smashed cement 
And pulled down the bastards monuments 
I went outside for a cigarette 
I could see things I had tried to forget 
The news showed us who we had left 
And I could smell the vodka on your breath 

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