I met a man called Charlie one day His gray eyes got so much to say Old enough to see the World War, And have the wisdom of the Savior Let me tell you, show you, replay The course of his life, if I may
He grows up like a wolf cub, alone And his heart he feels like from stone Fistfights, lies broken in his bed Then one day sees a girl in red And he falls in love right away Together they promise to stay
But thunder strikes and Charlie gotta leave his home, Gotta leave his home There’s war to fight in and she stays alone, Stays alone, Christine stays alone And then he’s headed straight to Berlin Thinking he’ll never see her again, oh Christine!
He has to pay the price And he is wounded twice But still he stays alive Christine is on his mind, she saves him
He gets back from Berlin He tries to find Christine He learns that she has left the city So, he is looking for her
There’s nobody in their old house And nobody knows her whereabouts He sets on the road to find out Should he go or just stay left out? Cannot wait so he walks out Gotta find hope till it fades out When everything around is wiped-out And everybody’s down in the hideouts
And summer nights meet Charlie looking for his home Looking for his home, looking for his home, Where she is alright but he’s still alone Still alone, Charlie’s still alone He’s running fighting for his sacred dream Sacred dream to stay forever with his Queen But we get back now from this scene Charlie is looking at me, telling me That people break, Don’t let your love ones slip away cause
Finally, He’d found Christine, that’s right But the week after he’d found her Christine died