Ich War Noch Niemals In New York (Neuaufnahme 2000)
Udo Jürgens
I've Never Been To New York (Re-recorded 2000)
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
You 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
Then 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
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
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
Wetten dass with Gottschalk starts soon
She asked what was
No, what could be
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
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
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
