Du und ich - und dann ganz lange gar nichts English translation
von Udo Lindenberg

It is still dark
The Alster lies still
And the city doesn’t yet know
If it wants to wake up

Anyone who doesn’t have a bed now
Won’t need one anymore
The stars say goodbye
And the sun comes closer

Where there is still doubt
Sweep it away - morning wind!

I stand at the window
And wait for the day
Never have I been so tired
And at the same time so awake

This is the one minute
That explains the world to me
The one moment
Where nothing goes wrong


I stand at the window and think of you
Do you see the same sunrise as I do?

You and I and then nothing for a long time
You and I and then nothing for a long time
How long can one wander blindly
Through the fog
And not see the only real other

You and I and then nothing for a long time
You and I and then nothing for a long time
Then there’s a few kilometers of
Nothing and no one
Everything else comes later

We separated
Hard to understand
How can one simply overlook
The truth?

It took me a long time
I’m sorry
It’s a shame about the
Lost time


Where there is still doubt
Blow it away - morning wind

You and I and then nothing for a long time
You and I and then nothing for a long time
How long can one wander blindly
Through the fog
And not see the only real other

You and I and then nothing for a long time
You and I and then nothing for a long time
Then there’s a few kilometers of
Nothing and no one
Everything else comes later

You and I and then nothing for a long time
You and I and then nothing for a long time
And I tell the morning wind
Cool that we are together again

You and I and then nothing for a long time
You and I and then nothing for a long time