Playin' by the streetligt he's spillin out some jazz With every note he plays You know he's still got razzmatazz And when he pulls his collar up, to face a chilly wind You know it's midnight, midnight in Berlin Midnight in Berlin
Mama had a baby, who now lights a cigarette Breaks her heel on a cobbleston And swears under her breath She'd like to tell you 'bout her life But knows you'll judge her sin And it's midnight, midnight in Berlin Midnight in Berlin
Once I was a stranger, but this know got in my biood I know every alley-backdoor-scramble, walls turn into mud I drank with every htro, I smoked every dream Lived in each postcard, and heard every scream!
Hey mister, yells a youg man, Won't you lend me just one mark I'll buy a cup of coffee Watch the moon in Tiergarten Park But once he's gone, he'll flip that coin And who knows, he might win When it's midnight, midnight in Berlin