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You told me tales of love and glory |
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Same old sad songs, same old story |
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The sirens sing no lullaby |
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And no-one knows but Lorelei |
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By castles out of fairytales |
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Timbers shivered where once there sailed |
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The lovesick men who caught her eye |
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And no-one knew but Lorelei |
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River, river have mercy |
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Take me down to the sea |
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For if I perish on these rocks |
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My love no more I'll see |
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I've thought of you in far-off places |
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I've puzzled over lipstick traces |
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So help me God, I will not cry |
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And then I think of Lorelei |
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I travel far and wander wide |
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No photograph of you beside me |
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Ol' man River's not so shy |
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And he remembers Lorelei |
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River, river have mercy |
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Take me down to the sea |
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For if I perish on these rocks |
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My love no more I'll see |
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If I should float upon this stream |
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And see you in my madman's dream |
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I'd sink into your troubled eyes |
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And none would know 'cept Lorelei |
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River, river have mercy |
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Take me down to the sea |
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For if I perish on these rocks |
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My love no more I'll see |
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But if my ship, which sails tomorrow |
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Should crash against these rocks, |
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My sorrows I will drown before I die |
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It's you I'll see, not Lorelei |
