HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR MOTHER, BABY, STANDING IN THE SHADOW
das Stoehnen auf dem Hausflur, das gilt Dir,
Du kannst sicher sein, Dein Schrein bleibt ungehoert,
niemand der uns stoert
Stelln sich Deine Nackenhaare hoch,
wirst mich nie los, ich find Dich doch,
steht vor Angst auf Deiner Stirn Dir der Schweiss,
hab ich mein Ziel erreicht
Hab ich mein Ziel erreicht
Ich finds wunderbar, dass Du mich nicht siehst,
ich finds wunderbar, dass Du Dich vor mir verkriechst,
ich geniesse unendlich das Gefuehl,
ich begehr Dich fanatisch viel
Verbarrikadier Dich, lass mich bloss nicht a
Madge
(Stephen Bishop)
It was 1927
Had the world at my feet
A pretty girl on each arm
My family was so proud of me
I built a lot of buildings
Tore half of 'em down
One by one
They all crumbled just like me
But like a storm in a teacup
Like a smile sent down from heaven
Madge, I loved you then
and I love you now
We ate in the finest restaurants
Had the wealthiest friends
Most of them are gone now
No one left to say, "I knew you when"
It seems so long since I've remembered
the girl I used to know
She never saw any of my money
But she watched it come and go
Like a storm in a teacup
like a smile sent down from heaven
Madge I loved you then
and I love you now
They call this place "Sunnyside"
But I ain't seen the sun
in a long, long time
And my hands don't seem too steady now
But they're still holding onto you
Madge, she's probably married now
in a nice white house
and me I just sit here in my room
Quiet as a mouse
But I got my TV turned up loud
I'm not going to hear myself retreat
If only I'd have kept her
I'd have stayed on my feet
Like a storm in a teacup
like a smile sent down from heaven
Madge I loved you then and I love you now...