Rik’s Rapp (I Love That Deutsche Welle)

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Deutsche Welle, Neue Welle

I came to town four years ago
To play those records that you all know
I brought Foreigner, Styx, and Queen
American music from my machine
I played rock against race and rock against junk
And rock against everything but funk
But rock was dead, rock was a drug
It was just about time to pull the plug

Deutsche Welle, Neue Welle

I heard a demo tape from TVC
And the Berlin wave washed over me
While the wall city rockеrs were starting to go
A brand new star from thе DDR
Nina Hagen jumped the wall
Teamed up with the Lok and the record broke
They began to smoke, but Nina split
So they rolled a Spliff and made the best of it
Nina Hagen [?]
Interzone, [spiel ?]
I love that Deutsche Welle

[? Mussolini]

I was really flipped out, I was so amazed
When [?] became the new teenage craze
[?]
Fehlfarben plays the German way
ZeitGeist, [?], and Bel Ami
Berlin [?] you and me
Trio, Nicht, and [?]
The radio station playing all of them

[?]

HR, [?] SFB
You can even hear the [?] on the BBC
You have [?] and double talk
And everybody doing the African walk
You got Rasta mans and Rasta fans
And all the time money was the master plan
[?] auf Berlin
And Deutsche Marks keep rolling in
Nina Hagen [?]
Interzone, [noch einmal?]
I love that Deutsche Welle

Hey, uh [?], hast du die neue Platte von den Insisters?
Nein? [?]?
Hey man, I want the new record from the Insisters!
I gotta have it, I need it!
Deutsche Welle

Nina Hagen [?]
Interzone, [noch einmal?]
I love that Deutsche Welle

The Germans thought it would really be fine
To make music for their own kind
Before you knew it [?]
They were making more sound than you can jam in a woofer
Practice rooms and practice halls
And plastic moves and spastic [?]

[?]
And Swift had a hit after 13 tries
[?] played the greatest hits [?]
Neon babies and Interzone
And [?] doing business on the phone
Work that phone [?]
Love that Deutsche Welle man
Can't get enough
Of that German stuff
Give me some more
I want to hear from Interzone [?] and [?]
And a whole shelf full of German records in my house
I'm gonna play every one of them tonight
And jam the [?] of my nose
Gonna be a good night for German music in my place
Come on, we'll have some fun together