Schönhauser Allee - The Blood Arm

I’m stumblin' down

Schönhauser Allee

I’m mumblin'

About my memories

I drank a room full of liquor

That took me back

Rubbed the belly of a bottle

And a genie attacked, he said

«You gotta know who you are

Before you know who you gonna be»

I said, «I wish that I did, man

'Cause nobody knows me.»

I got a couple of friends

From around the kiez and

A bar that I hate

But I go there every week

I’m takin' a trip down a precarious street

This ain’t the Sunset Strip

It’s Schönhauser Allee

Trying to get a grip on my chattering teeth

This ain’t Hollywood Boulevard

It’s Schönhauser Allee

I’m gonna see where it leads

There’s a party in a gutter

And an art show in a parking lot

Women in bunkers

And men in sex shops

There’s a barber and a butcher

And a baker too

They got metal in their faces

And jailhouse tattoos

I see a waitress from the place

We call the Temple of Doom

She’s serving up a powder

That makes your heart go boom

I’m yelling at a poet

I’m proposing to a girl

I’m banging my head

How did I end up in this world?

I’m finding it hard to even speak

This ain’t the Sunset Strip

It’s Schönhauser Allee

Falling in love with the guy next to me

This ain’t Hollywood Boulevard

It’s Schönhauser Allee

I’m gonna see where it leads

I’m swashbucklin' down

That goddamn street

Parading through town with

A knife in my teeth

I used to be a coward

But I ain’t timid no more

I spend all my time

With Ukrainian whores

I’m taming a Leo

Giving everyone pause

People say that I look like

That shark from Jaws

Nobody can stop me

Nobody dares try

I’m the master of space

But I’m running out of time

I just tripped over a Christmas tree

This ain’t the Sunset Strip

It’s Schönhauser Allee

I’m losing my grip on reality

This ain’t Hollywood Boulevard

It’s Schönhauser Allee

I’m gonna see where it leads