I’m stumblin’ down
Schönhauser Allee
I’m mumblin’
about my memories
I drank a room full of liquor
that took me back
rubbed the belly of a bottle
and a genie attacked, he said,
“You gotta know who you are
before you know who you gonna be.”
I said, “I wish that I did, man,
cuz nobody knows me.”
I got a couple of friends
from around the kiez and
a bar that I hate
but I go there every week

I’m takin’ a trip down a precarious street
this ain’t the Sunset Strip
it’s Schönhauser Allee
trying to get a grip on my chattering teeth
this ain’t Hollywood Boulevard
it’s Schönhauser Allee
I’m gonna see where it leads

There’s a party in a gutter
and an art show in a parking lot
women in bunkers
and men in sex shops
there’s a barber and a butcher
and a baker too
they got metal in their faces
and jailhouse tattoos
I see a waitress from the place
we call the Temple of Doom
she’s serving up a powder
that makes your heart go boom
I’m yelling at a poet
I’m proposing to a girl
I’m banging my head
how did I end up in this world?

I’m finding it hard to even speak
this ain’t the Sunset Strip
it’s Schönhauser Allee
falling in love with the guy next to me
this ain’t Hollywood Boulevard
it’s Schönhauser Allee
I’m gonna see where it leads

I’m swashbucklin’ down
that goddamn street
parading through town with
a knife in my teeth
I used to be a coward
but I ain’t timid no more
I spend all my time
with Ukrainian whores
I’m taming a Leo
giving everyone pause
people say that I look like
that shark from Jaws
nobody can stop me
nobody dares try
I’m the master of space
but I’m running out of time

I just tripped over a Christmas tree
this ain’t the Sunset Strip
it’s Schönhauser Allee
I’m losing my grip on reality
this ain’t Hollywood Boulevard
it’s Schönhauser Allee
I’m gonna see where it leads