| Langsam find’t der Tag sei End und die Nacht beginnt
| The day is slowly coming to an end and the night is beginning
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| In der Kärtnerstrass'n do singt aner «Blowing in the wind»
| In the Kärtnerstrasse do one sing "Blowing in the wind"
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| Hat a greanes Röckerl an, steht da ganz verlorn
| If a greanes skirt is on, stands there completely lost
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| Und der Steffl der schaut owi auf den oarmen Steirerbuam
| And Steffl looks down at the poor Styrian boy
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| Der hat woll’n sei Glück probiern in der grossen fremden Stadt
| He wanted to try his luck in the big, foreign city
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| Hat glaubt sei Musik bringt eam aufs Rennbahnexpress-Titelblatt
| Believed music would get eam on the cover of the Rennbahnexpress
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| Aus der Traum zerplatzt wia Seifenblosn nix is blieb’n
| From the dream bursts like soapblosn nothing is left
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| Ois wia a paar Schilling in seim Gitarrenkoffer drin
| Ois wia a few shillings in his guitar case
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| Wochenlang steh i scho do
| I've been standing there for weeks
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| Wochenlang plog i mi o
| For weeks i plog mi o
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| I spuil mia die Finger wund
| I rinse my fingers sore
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| Und sing sogor «Do kummt die Sunn»
| And even sing "Do the Sunn come"
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| Doch es is zum narrisch wern
| But it is foolish
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| Kaner will mi singen hearn
| Kaner wants to hearn singing mi
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| Langsam kriag i wirklich gnua
| I'm really starting to get it
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| I frog mi wos i do dua
| I frog mi wos i do dua
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| Da geht den ganzen Tag der Wind
| The wind blows all day long
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| Nix ois Baustelln das ka Mensch wos find
| Nothing on construction sites, that can be found, man
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| Die Burenhäut'ln san ein Graus
| The Boer skins were horrible
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| Und im Kaffeehaus brennst di aus
| And in the coffee house you burn out
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| I will wieder ham, fühl mi do so allan
| I want ham again, feel me do so allan
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| I brauch ka grosse Welt, i will ham nach Fürstenfeld
| I don't need a big world, I want to go to Fürstenfeld
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| In der Zeitung da ham’S gschriem
| Cried in the newspaper da ham'S
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| Da gibts a Szene do muasst hin
| There's a scene you have to go to
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| Was die wolln des soin die schreim | What they want soin they scream |