Ich brauch' Tapetenwechsel English translation
von Hildegard Knef

"I need a change of scenery" the birch said and set out at dusk
"I need a breath of fresh air around my treetop
I no longer want to stand in rank and file in your grove, see the same meadow
The sun on the left in the morning, in the evening on the right."

"I need a change of scenery" the birch said and set out at dusk
A bus missed her by 20 centimeters and on the airfield she was in serious danger
Two mastiffs followed her at ast's width
And shortly after twelve she met a pair of beeches.


"I need a change of scenery" the birch said and set out at dusk
One said: " You've no business here Something like you doesn't even have a nest!"
She turned yellow with anger and because it was already autumn
Desperation was slowly creeping into the branches.

"I need a change of scenery" the birch said and set out at dusk
The forester's ax struck her in the morning light
Right at the barrier when the express train came
And as a chest of drawers she still thought how beautiful it was in the birch grove.

"I need a change of scenery" the birch said and set out at dusk