The black shadow of my karma
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I don't just wear black onstage
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No, I wear it in real life too
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Every day is a funeral with a funeral march
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Where nobody has tears in their eyes
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Because I'm burying your stupidity
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I rise above the decadence
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Like a flock of black ravens over the dead field
Of your morbid ambivalence
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I live at the poverty line
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Right next to the Promised Land
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I apply for a visa to paradise and
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A green card for the land of plenty
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And I hope it'll be approved
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So my little bit of human turns into a good soul
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I guess I'll move over to you, 'cause you're
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Like the West and I'm the former GDR!
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The black shadow of my karma
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That's the price I pay
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For the mistakes of my life
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For the fake luck I had
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I was born like this, grew up like this, it's my fault
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Your vice is perfection
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And mine is impatience
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Your wisdom lies in soft pillows
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But mine hustles through the city
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Yours enriches itself with all kinds of finesse
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And mine can't find a job
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I don't even have change for food
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I live at the poverty line
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Right next to the Promised Land
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I apply for a visa to paradise and
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A green card for the land of plenty
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And I hope it'll be approved
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So my little bit of human
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I guess I'll move over to you, 'cause you're
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Like the West and I'm the former GDR!
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And God knows I'm there when you're alone
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Even if my income is small
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That's the hardest test for my love
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I tell you my dance is my dance
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And my blues is my blues
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I have little money but enough soul!
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I live at the poverty line
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Right next to the Promised Land
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I apply for a visa to paradise and
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A green card for the land of plenty
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And I hope it'll be approved
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So my little bit of human
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I guess I'll move over to you, 'cause you're
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Like the West and I'm the former GDR!
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I live at the poverty line
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Right next to the Promised Land
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I apply for a visa to paradise and
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A green card for the land of plenty
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And I hope it'll be approved
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So my little bit of human
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I guess I'll move over to you, 'cause you're
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Like the West and I'm the former GDR!