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Zwei drei vier one two three
Its easy to see
But its not that I don't care so
Cause I hear it all the time
But they never let you know
On the TV and the radio
She was young her heart was pure
But every night is bright she got
She said sugar is sweet
She come rappin' to the beat
Then I knew that she was hot
She was singin
Don't turn around, oh oh
Der Kommissar's in town, oh oh
You're in his eye
And you'll know why
The more you live
The faster you will die
Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?
She said babe you know
I miss Jill and Joe
And all my funky friends
But my street understanding
Was just enough to know what she really meant
And I got to thinking while she was talking
That I know she told the story
Of those special places that she goes
When she rides with the others in the subway
Singin'
Don't turn around, oh oh
Der Kommissar's in town, oh oh
And if he talks to you
And you don't know why
You say your life
Is gonna make you die...
Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?
Well we meet Jill and Joe
And brother Herr
And the whole cool gang (and oh)
They're rappin' here they're rappin' there
But she's climbin' on the wall
Its a clear case, Herr Kommissar
'Cause all the children know
They're all slidin' down into the valley
They're all slipping on the same snow
Hear the children
Don't turn around, oh oh
Der Kommissar's in town, oh oh
He's got the power
And you're so weak
And you're frustration will not let you speak
Don't turn around, oh oh
Der Kommissar's in town, oh oh
And if he talks to you
Then you'll know why
The more you live
The faster you will die
Don't turn around, oh oh
Der Kommissar's in town, oh oh
Don't turn around, oh oh
Der Kommissar's in town, oh oh
Its easy to see
But its not that I don't care so
Cause I hear it all the time
But they never let you know
On the TV and the radio
She was young her heart was pure
But every night is bright she got
She said sugar is sweet
She come rappin' to the beat
Then I knew that she was hot
She was singin
Don't turn around, oh oh
Der Kommissar's in town, oh oh
You're in his eye
And you'll know why
The more you live
The faster you will die
Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?
She said babe you know
I miss Jill and Joe
And all my funky friends
But my street understanding
Was just enough to know what she really meant
And I got to thinking while she was talking
That I know she told the story
Of those special places that she goes
When she rides with the others in the subway
Singin'
Don't turn around, oh oh
Der Kommissar's in town, oh oh
And if he talks to you
And you don't know why
You say your life
Is gonna make you die...
Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?
Well we meet Jill and Joe
And brother Herr
And the whole cool gang (and oh)
They're rappin' here they're rappin' there
But she's climbin' on the wall
Its a clear case, Herr Kommissar
'Cause all the children know
They're all slidin' down into the valley
They're all slipping on the same snow
Hear the children
Don't turn around, oh oh
Der Kommissar's in town, oh oh
He's got the power
And you're so weak
And you're frustration will not let you speak
Don't turn around, oh oh
Der Kommissar's in town, oh oh
And if he talks to you
Then you'll know why
The more you live
The faster you will die
Don't turn around, oh oh
Der Kommissar's in town, oh oh
Don't turn around, oh oh
Der Kommissar's in town, oh oh
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And yeah, I pretty much figured the first or second time of listening to it that it was about coke...Funny, I didnt hear the line "That I know she told the story" as that, I heard it as "That her nose told the story" or something like that....
translation:
She was young her heart was pure
But every night night is bright she got (?)
original:
Jah, sie war jung,/ Yeah, she was young
Das Herz so rein und weiß/ Her heart so pure and white
Und jede Nacht hat ihren Preis,/ And every night she had her price
translation:
And I got to thinking while she was talking
That I know she told the story
original:
Ich überleg' bei mir, / I think about it
Ihr' Nas'n spricht dafür,/ Her nose is an argument in its favor (or: her nose is demanding it)
and herforder already translated the line about the snow we're all skiing downhill on.
Oh, and in general: "Kommissar" is (among other things) a rank of police officer. "Alles klar, Herr Kommissar" is like a sarcastic/respectful "Everything ok, officer?" to a cop
given that falco also sang a song called "mom, the man with the coke is here" and died in a car crash while supposedly doped up on alcohol, cocaine and marijuana, cocaine seems a pretty safe interpretive bet.
in the german original, it says:
"Den Schnee auf dem wir alle talwärts fahr'n, kennt heute jedes Kind!", what means as much as: "every child knows the snow who takes us downwards"
"Schnee" (=snow) is a common word for cocaine in germany.
btw: I've never heard of a 'cop' show called "Der Kommissar" in germany, but anyway, Falco isn't german, he's from Austria... :P
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Basically, one event will set in motion a chain of events which will inevitably lead to a catastrophic result. Given that "Der Kommissar" was a popular 'cop' show in Germany in the '70s, and the female character in question is acting rather strange, I think the theme is that of drug use... the 'slippery slope' being that once one starts doing risky things like abusing drugs ('the more you live...') the greater the chance that you'll end up spiralling downwards ('...the faster you will die').
I like the Falco version better as well, but this is a pretty faithful translation, I think.