DDR

I grew up living in a Welfare State
Just the other side of the Brandenburg Gate
It’s called East Germany everywhere
But locally we know it as the DDR
Waiting for tomorrow, living for today
Living in the DDR
Sitting on a time bomb, we don’t care
We’re living for today
Living in the DDR
It’s a people’s paradise, you better believe it
Every other week people dying to leave it
Trucks full of Russkis carrying guns
We’ll be first in the fire when the third war comes
Waiting for tomorrow, living for today
Living in the DDR
Sitting on a time bomb, we don’t care
We’re living for today
Living in the DDR
After the party when the Wall came down
They closed all the factories in my home town
Shops full of everything money can buy
Skint and miserable, wishing that I
Was still living in the DDR
Waiting for tomorrow, living for today
Living in the DDR
Sitting on a time bomb, we don’t care
We’re living for today
Living in the DDR