Mein Fahrrad Lyrics in English Die Prinzen

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mein Fahrrad by Die Prinzen from German to English.
Lately I've been doing a hundred twenty
Riding around on my bike
And as always I could only hope
The cops wouldn't stop me
'Cause then I'd have to pay a fine
And they'd take me in for questioning
And my poor little bike
Would stand alone outside the door
How I love my bike
Why, I don't really know
I'll stay loyal to my bike
As opposed to my wife
I'll never leave it
I'll never walk away from it
'Cause we fly like we're on clouds
'Cause we get along so well
Every booger drives an Opel
Every monkey drives a Ford
Every idiot drives a Porsche
Every a*shole an Audi Sport
Every nut drives a Manta
Every dork a Jaguar
Only connoisseurs ride bikes
And are always there faster
My bike isn't purple
'Cause that doesn't turn me on at all
It's not brown either
'Cause I can't stand brown
No, I painted it blue
From the saddle to the tube
And I find that extremely fitting
'Cause I'm sometimes drunk too
Every booger drives an Opel
Every monkey drives a Ford
Every idiot drives a Porsche
Every a*shole an Audi Sport
Every nut drives a Manta
Every dork a Jaguar
Only connoisseurs ride bikes
And are always there faster
Every booger drives an Opel
Every monkey drives a Ford
Every idiot drives a Porsche
Every a*shole an Audi Sport
Every nut drives a Manta
Every dork a Jaguar
Only connoisseurs ride bikes
And are always there faster
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Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Sebastian Krumbiegel, Tobias Kuenzel
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SONG MEANING

Die Prinzen turn a simple bicycle ride into a tongue-in-cheek adventure. The singer brags about tearing through the streets at 120 km/h, hoping the police won’t notice, and swears loyalty to his trusty two-wheeler even more than to his wife. With playful exaggeration he describes the bike as a cloud-gliding partner that will never let him down, painted completely blue because "blau" also means tipsy in German – a wink at his own occasional partying.

The chorus fires playful shots at car culture: "Jeder Popel fährt einen Opel … Nur Genießer fahren Fahrrad" (Every snot drives an Opel … only true connoisseurs ride a bicycle). By labeling car owners with silly nicknames while crowning cyclists as the real winners, the song pokes fun at status symbols and celebrates freedom, simplicity, and a dash of eco-friendly rebellion. In short, “Mein Fahrrad” is a humorous love letter to anyone who’d rather pedal past the traffic than sit in it.

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