Gras

Grass

Gras

when we were finally old enoughals wir endlich gross genug warn
we took our shoesnahmen wir unsere schuh
the painted children's room doordie bemalte kinderzimmertür
closed behind usfiel hinter uns zu
father gave us his coatvater gab uns seinen mantel
and his blue hatund sein blauen hut
mother gave us her tears andmutter gab uns ihre tränen und
made us a sugar breadmachte uns ein zuckerbrot

ref.:ref.:
the grass keeps growing again and againimmer wieder wächst das gras
wild and tall and greenwild und hoch und grün
until the scythes without hatebis die sensen ohne hass
draw their circlesihre kreise ziehn
the grass keeps growing again and againimmer wieder wächst das gras
clinging all the woundsklammert all die wunden zu
sometimes strong and sometimes palemanchmal stark und manchmal blass
just like you and meso wie ich und du

when we were finally old enoughals wir endlich alt genug warn
we stuffed them in the closetstopften wir sie in den schrank
the wings patched too many timesdie allzuoft geflickten flügel
and god said thank godund gott sagte gott sei dank
and at night this cityund nachts macht diese stadt
closes the shutters over usüber uns die luken dicht
and whoever holds their head too highund wer den kopf zu weit oben hat
won't find their peaceder findt seine ruhe nicht