Oh I don´t know why people lie
And I don´t know why people die
Every time I see you, you shout at me
´Cause of all the things in the world that I can´t see
But what I think goes on in this world
For a mother and a father and a boy and a girl
Is that the more you earn, the less you learn
There´s a fire in life where we will burn

And I never could believe it
And I never could be true
For the things that mean so much to me
Don´t mean that much to you
And I never could believe
The way you told me I was wrong
If I´m right and you are sinful
Then for God´s sake I was wrong

Oh, I don´t know how I think this way,
And yet you sit there looking at me all day
There´s more to you than I can see
There´s a shadow of another hanging over me
But what I think goes on in this world
For a mother and a father and a boy and a girl
Is that the more you earn, the less you learn
There´s a fire in life where we will burn

And I never could believe it
And I never could be true
For the things that mean so much to me
Don´t mean that much to you
And I never could believe
The way you told me I was wrong
If I´m right and if you´re sinful
Then for God´s sake I was wrong

Oh, I´d tear you out of heaven
And I´d tear you out of hell
And I´d see your life in ruins
Because mine lies there as well
And I´d cry out in my loneliness
While you sleep in your peace
But you´ll never see my face again
While I need words like these