Einfach sein English translation
von Die Fantastischen Vier

No, come on, no
Oh man, why not?
Now I’ve managed to get you from the shop
To the car, to the front yard
But we’re just treading water
Understand, it’s about our existence
Forget the material stuff
Forget the job, forget Mercedes-Benz
This world is in the red and, above all, it needs a decision
And what it needs is the love from everyone; I completely agree with you on that
We don’t understand anything in the long run if we don’t understand continuously
If we doubt the power, we just power our doubts

And she asks "Really?" and I say "Yes, yes"
And she says "Really?" and I say "Of course!"
And she comes to my place and looks great
And I say "I’m Smudo, take off your top"

It could be so simple - but it’s not
It could be so simple - but it’s not


I somehow imagined it to be more beautiful
I think I made some kind of mistake
I had higher goals
Wanted to drink Roederer, earn a fortune overnight
Instead, I’m sitting here all day
Drinking too much coffee that I can’t handle
Copying papers that I don’t understand anyway
And later, I sort them into a drawer
But what’s the point? I never wanted to be here
What do they even think I am?
Something’s going to change, you’ll see
I’ll take over this place soon
And once the place is running smoothly
Then all of this will eventually be mine
I’m the boss and I’ll
Free you slaves from all hardships forever

It could be so simple
I wish everyone their own home
Because we don’t want work anyway
We just want lots of money
If possible, no questions
That anyone asks us

It could be so simple - but it’s not
It could be so simple - but it’s not
It could be so simple - but it’s not
It could be so simple - but it’s not


Close your eyes and breathe deeply
And stop believing only what you see
You know, you can never see through everything
But what you need is trust and imagination
In one way, we’re all the same
And even if it doesn’t seem that way to anyone
Although we know nothing, everyone knows
In this, we are all united
So let’s sum it up
It all started with you
You walked on water at some point
And we’re supposed to descend from apes?

Sure, we have questions but an answer – we unfortunately don’t have
Sure, we want to leave but to arrive somewhere – we unfortunately can’t
We want a formula for eternal wealth – but we can’t get it
Harrison Ford or Xavier Naidoo – but we’re unfortunately not

It could be so simple - but it’s not
It could be so simple - but it’s not
It could be so simple - but it’s not
It could be so simple - but it’s not