Ich war noch niemals in New York

Udo Jürgens

I've Never Been to New York

And after dinner he said
Let me go and get some cigarettes
She called after him, take the keys with you
I'll look after the little one in the meantime
He closed the door and went out silently
Into the neon-bright stairwell
It smelled of floor wax and stuffiness
And on the stairs he thought
As if this were a new beginning
I just have to go forever
For all time

I have never been to New York
I've never been to Hawaii
Never went through San Francisco
In ripped jeans
I have never been to New York
I have never been truly free
Be crazy once
And escape from all constraints

And when he stood outside on the street
He remembered that he carried almost everything with him
The passport, the Eurocheques and some money
Maybe there was another flight tonight
He could take a taxi there on the corner
Or hitchhike and just leave
The longing in him was awakened again
Be full of dreams once again
Free yourself from the confinement here
He thought about his departure
His departure to

Then he put the cigarettes in his pocket
And went home as a matter of course
Through the stairwell with floor wax and stuffiness
The woman called man where are you
Dalli Dalli is about to start
She asked what was
No, what could be