Strasbourg Lyrics - Singles - The Rakes

I'll meet you in West Germany 

October 1983 

I know that freedom was a lie 

And your husband was a spy 

You say that words are impotent 

But they can help us pay the rent 

I knew for sure there was nothing left 

Except the vodka on your breath 

We meet in Strasbourg 

In Strasbourg 

Dann sind wir Helden 

We meet in Strasbourg 

The courage that your father plucked 

From inside a cattle truck 

Will help us fix the exit polls 

Our children must have rock 'n' roll 

Surveillance cameras captured dawn 

Breaking on the autobahn 

I knew for sure our chance was blown 

When rifles made us feel at home 

We meet in Strasbourg 

In Strasbourg 

Dann sind wir Helden 

We meet in Strasbourg 

We meet in Strasbourg 

In Strasbourg 

Dann sind wir Helden 

We meet in Strasbourg 

Eins, zwei, drei, vier 

Ideas can change the government 

But they never listen to our arguments 

On TV our friends smashed cement 

And pulled down the bastards monuments 

I went outside for a cigarette 

I saw things I had tried to forget 

The news showed us who we had left 

And I could smell the vodka on your breath