Hallo, ich möcht' gern wissen wie's Dir geht English translation
von Matthias Reim

How are you? It's been quite a long time
I just wasn't ready to hear from you or see you again
Okay, I often thought of you, spent long nights awake
I just couldn't go back, I was afraid of so much happiness

And now a letter, I must have written thousands to you, but I never sent them.
I still have them all with me, I'll show them to you sometime.
Are you happy with how things are now? I missed you a lot sometimes
But I was glad it turned out that way, but I won't start talking about that now.

Hello, I'd like to know how you're doing
What you're doing and how you're living and if you ever think of us
Hello, no, I never forgot
I just didn't know how to break up a great love
You want to forget but keep thinking about it again and again


I didn't really want to bother you, I just wanted to hear something from you.
I'll be in your area soon, that's partly why I'm writing.
Would you like to meet up and go have a beer sometime?
It's been so long ago, it can't hurt anymore now.

Hello, I'd like to know how you're doing
What you're doing and how you're living and if you ever think of us
Hello, no, I never forgot
I just didn't know how to break up a great love
You want to forget but keep thinking about it again and again

Hello, I'd like to know how you're doing
What you're doing and how you're living and if you sometimes think of me
Hello, no, I never forgot
I just didn't know how to break up a great love
One wants to forget and yet keeps thinking about it