Lyrics
[Intro]
Ach ja
Mm-hmm
Well now folks let me tell you a story
(Oh-oh)
[Verse 1]
I picked up a book by a fella named Heine
Sitting in a diner booth one rainy Tuesday night
The waitress poured the java and she wandered off
And that old paperback it changed my whole life
[Chorus]
Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt
Verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen
Where they burn the books my friend
They burn the people in the end
[Post-Chorus]
Burn burn burn the books
Burn burn burn the books
[Verse 2]
Almansor the Moor he stood in the plaza
Watching Spanish soldiers throw the pages in the fire
He shook his head and he said it plain
You can torch a poem but you cannot kill the flame
[Pre-Chorus]
And Heine wrote it down
Way back in eighteen twenty-one
Yeah he wrote it down
A warning for what was to come
[Chorus]
Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt
Verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen
Where they burn the books my friend
They burn the people in the end
[Post-Chorus]
Burn burn burn the books
Burn burn burn the books
[Verse 3]
I told my neighbor Klaus about the things I read
He laughed and said that's ancient history pal
But then I showed him pictures from a hundred years ago
And Klaus he didn't laugh no more at all
[Bridge]
They piled up the wisdom
They piled up the truth
They piled up the poets
And the dreamers and the youth
[Chorus]
Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt
Verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen
Where they burn the books my friend
They burn the people in the end
[Post-Chorus]
Burn burn burn the books
Burn burn burn the books
[Outro]
So keep a book upon your shelf
And read it to your kids yourself
Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt
Verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen
(Am Ende Menschen)