Royal Pine: Music

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Inspired by the film "Goodbye Lenin"

The walls came down and people all around you danced for joy.
But you were fraught and you were caught between being a man and a boy.

And the Rosencrantz sisters play the Mozart at any old volume they please.
The Lindenbergs import and export,
making a killing on cheese.

And opening night at the palace is devoid of fatigued MPs.
Opening night at the palace is lavish and no longer free.

And parties can now be fiestas
sombreros are sold on TV,
TV's the new drug of the masses.
We choose it because we are free.

The walls came down and people all around you danced with glee.
But you robbed a church, and you were the first to say, "What does this all mean to me."

And the Rolling Stones now have a place here.
Coca-Cola's your friend.
You can now put up a sign here; as long as it doesn't offend.
And the palace is open for business, the velvet is shimmering now.
The palace is open for business, the velvet's the color of Mao.

And parties can now be fiestas
sombreros are sold on TV,
TV's the new drug of the masses.
We choose it because we are free.

The walls came down and you wore a frown because you had a plan with a girl.
Berlin is burning, your heart is yearning for a lass in grandmother's pearls.
And the Rosencrantz sisters play old tapes of Stalin, hiking the hems to the knees.
The LIndenbergs freely hide foreign salami 'tween slices of freshly made cheese.
But you'll never get to the palace, you'll never dance with glee, with a fraulein who looks like Maria, this is what it is to be free.

And parties can now be fiestas
sombreros are sold on TV,
TV's the new drug of the masses.
We choose it because we are free.

And everything's coming up roses,
everything's peaches and cream.
Sister is swapping communist clothing for acres of aquamarine.

But she'll never get to the palace,
on the arm of a government steed.
The palace is open and gilded,
her palette lacks gold and green.

And opening night at the Palace, is devoid of fatigued MPs.
Opening night at the palace,
is lavish and no longer free.