Round the curve of the Parrot Bar

A broken-down old movie star

Hustling and Easterner

Bringing out the beast in her

A high dive in a swimming pool

Filled with needles and with fools

The memories are short

But the tales are long

When you ＇ re in the Reeperbahn

They called her Rosie

When she was a girl

For her bright red cheeks

Nd her strawberry curls

When she would laugh the river would run

Said she ＇ d become a comedian

Oh what a pity oh what a shame

When she said come calling nobody came

Now her bright red cheeks are painted on

And she ＇ s laughing her head

Off in the Reeperbahn

Now little Hans was always strange

Wearing women ＇ s underthings

His father beat him

But he wouldn ＇ t change

He ran off with a man one day

Now his lingerie is all the rage

In the black on every page

His father proudly calls his name

Down there in the Reeperbahn

Now if you ＇ ve lost your inheritance

And all you ＇ ve left is common sense

And you ＇ re not too picky

About the crowd you keep

Or the mattress where you sleep

Behind every window behind every door

The apple is gone

But there ＇ s always the core

The seeds will sprout up right

Through the floor

Down there in the Reeperbahn

Down there in the Reeperbahn