Ich wollte nie erwachsen sein (Nessaja) English translation
von Peter Maffay

I never wanted growing up
Have always just refused the idea
My outside turned hard as steel
And they still have hurt me anyway

Somewhere deep down deep inside
Am I still just a child
Only when I can’t feel it now
Do I know, for me it’s now, too late, too late


And on the bottom of the sea
Where all life’s quiet eternally
Can I still see my own dreams
Like air, that rises from the deep below

Somewhere deep down deep inside
Am I still just a child
Only when I can’t feel it now
Do I know, for me it’s now, too late, too late

I’m gliding through the darkness here
And wait for the morning’s light
Then I play with the sunny beams
Reflecting in water in a silvery glow


Somewhere deep down deep inside
Am I still just a child
Only when I can’t feel it now
Do I know, for me it’s now, too late, too late