The following are samples of songs from the musical
The Iron Curtain.mp3
THE IRON CURTAIN
EAST GERMAN SOLDIERS
Berlin, August, '61
East Germans have been fleeing since World War II
Fifteen thousand just last week
There’s only one thing we can do
We are the National People’s Army
Always follow direct orders
Word has come from Moscow
It is time to close the western borders
Roll barbed wire in their slumber
Travel to the west, encumbered
Brick and mortar builds the Berlin Wall…
EAST GERMAN CITIZENS
Is this a dream, this vision, this sight?
Is it true they are building a wall by cover of the night
Are we years too late, or is it time to fight?
Will the world be a different place by morning light
Is this our fate
they’re tearing up the streets, crushing miles of concrete
Or retaliate
our telephones are dead, so many soldiers up ahead
We will not be prisoners of our state
History has turned another page
We are but eagles in a cage
Destined to wave a flag but live in silent rage
HANS
How did this come to pass
They have locked us up en masse
Freedom is a man’s god-given right
I am Hans, Annette’s my wife
One day our child will live this life
Our world has changed forever in one night
EAST GERMAN CITIZENS
Young men march in ranks
Checkpoint Charlie’s lined with tanks
Soldiers east and west peer eye to eye
The highways have been shut
The phone lines have been cut
The red flag flutters proudly in the sky
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EAST GERMAN CITIZENS
Good-bye to our friends to our friends Our freedom has gone freedom gone Through a barbed wire shroud we will see western crowds from now on from now on
Farewell and adieu And adieu We may never meet again meet again So long Germany that we love Farewell West Berlin
West Berlin West Berlin West Berlin
Where has all the sunlight gone The bright-coloured streets of yesterday Have turned into concrete walls of grey The curtain’s been raised, and we’re the players in their play |
EAST GERMAN SOLDIERS
Berlin, August, ’61 East Germans have been fleeing since World War II Fifteen thousand just last week There’s only one thing we can do We are the National People’s Army Always follow direct orders Word has come from Moscow It is time to close the western borders
Berlin, August, ’61 East Germans have been fleeing since World War II Fifteen thousand just last week There’s only one thing we can do We are the National People’s Army Always follow direct orders Word has come from Moscow It is time to close the western borders
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Hello Deutschmarks Goodbye Karl Marx.mp3
HELLO DEUTSCHMARKS, GOOD-BYE KARL MARX
UNCLE HEINZ
Give me a Deutschmark or a French Franc or a dollar
Or a Crona, Lira, Guilder, Quid or Yen
I’ll take a rupee, shilling, peso, shekel, punt or baht
I never want to see an Eastern Mark again
I used to think this God-forsaken country
Would make a hell even the devil would admire
Now I can see the frustration Satan would endure
He’d keep on running out of coal to fuel the fire
Hello Deutschmarks, Good-bye OstMarks
Hello ballparks and trademarks worth gold
Erich, you’re fired, it’s time that Charlie retired
Hey there, Berlin, won’t you come in from the cold
You know the toilet’s never fun here in Ost Deutschland
The paper feels just like it’s made of sand
You know, the last time that I went I couldn’t stand up
No wonder laxatives are not in high demand
Did you know queuing is a sport here in Ost Deutschland
The people hurry up to wait in line
They say that you can purchase anything you want
Just be sure you’ve many Marks and lots of time
An Ossie asked them when he’ll get his new car
They told him “seven years the fifth of June”
“In that case can you make it in the morning
‘Cause my plumber’s coming in that afternoon”
Hello Deutschmarks, Good-bye Karl Marx
Hello theme parks, and loan sharks and fame
Just give me one free day in America
And the country will know my name
I’ve a passion, for New York fashion
No more rations, I’ll be flashin’ Pierre Cardin
I’ll open a club in Las Vegas
And my doorman will be Egon Krenz
I am certain, this Iron Curtain
Will get turned into suburban boulevards
Altogether we’ll huff, as a nation we’ll puff
And we’ll blow down your house of cards
So temporary, this flag you carry
It’s so contrary to the American dream
Your world’s in distress
Can’t you spell S.O.S.
And your gene pool needs chlorine
Good-bye Moscow, au revoir, ciao
Soon one day I’ll gladly say auf weidersehn
Hello stars and stripes, Good-bye hammer and scythe
Hello Deutschmarks
Good-bye Karl Marx
Good-bye Leningrad
Gorby, don’t be mad
Good-bye Stalin
‘Cause New York’s callin’
Callin’ me
New York’s callin’ me!
Deep in my Heart.mp3
DEEP IN MY HEART
JOSH
Dreaming about you
But waking without you
You’ll always be here, deep in my heart
A friend to rely on
A shoulder to cry on
You’ll always be here, deep in my heart
With one word, a world can be shattered
Without warning, or reason or why
One word can change a lifetime
The lonely word ‘good-bye’
Though you may be so far
Our worlds seem worlds apart
You’ll always be here, deep in my heart
In every warm summer breeze
In every sunset I see
You’ll always be here, deep in my heart
Whatever the future will be
This promise I promise to keep
You’ll always be here, deep in my heart
Soon my train will be leaving
Bound for a life we can’t share
But each night when I lay down
I’ll close my eyes and you’ll be there
Though you may be so far
Our worlds seem worlds apart
You’ll always be here, deep in my heart
Though you may be so far
Our worlds seem worlds apart
You’ll always be here, deep in my heart
You’ll always be here, deep in my heart
You’ll always be here, deep in my heart
In the Name of Freedom.mp3
IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM
EAST GERMAN STUDENTS
Stand as one, hold your head up high
In the name of freedom
Like the sun, burn your candle bright
In the name of freedom
Can’t you feel the winds of change
Will the gales begin today
Dreams.mp3
DREAMS
ANGELIKA
Each night I come here all alone
To my vacant theatre home
That no one seems to want except for me
No more patrons fill the halls
No more thunderous curtain calls
No lights illuminate the grand marquee
And though the theatre stage is worn
And the backstage ropes are torn
This place the state refuses to revive
The piano’s missing strings
But despite all of these things
This stage is where my dreams can come alive
Once upon a time
In a kingdom in my mind
There are open fields as far as I can see
There’s a girl who can touch the sky
She has wings and she can fly
And no one tells her what she must believe
In here, I must confide
There exists no world outside
There’s just these theatre walls, this stage and me
The demonstrations cease
There’s no secret police
Locked in this sanctuary I am free
Since Daddy died life’s not the same
But I guess I can’t complain
My foster parents do the best they can
Though Rolf is quite uptight
Christina, she’s alright
But they never take the time to understand
Once upon a time
In a kingdom in my mind
There are open fields as far as I can see
This girl who can touch the sky
Who has wings and who can fly
In her solitude that girl is me
They say a dream’s not a realistic goal
I believe your deepest dream’s a window to your soul
They say be pragmatic and don’t you waste your time
But how can I ignore this fire inside?
There is silence, the houselights dim
The timpani rolls begin
The spotlights glow, the music comes alive
I proudly take my place
As the band picks up its pace
And the velvet curtains slowly start to rise
I can feel my spirit soar
Angelika is born
And applause is heard from all across Berlin
ROLF
Angelika! I wish to see you at home. Now.
ANGELIKA
Yes, father.
Once upon a time
In a kingdom in my mind
There are open fields as far as I can see
There’s a girl who can touch the sky
She has wings and she can fly
And no one tells her what she must believe
Is once upon a time
Just a kingdom in my mind
In a world so dark, a tiny glimpse of light
And I wonder if it’s true
For the lucky chosen few
Whose dreams are more than dreams to dream at night
Daddy's Little Girl.mp3
DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL
HANS
Life is not always fair
One day an angel’s born into this world, and then another’s taken away
And now it’s just you and me
But somehow I know your mother’s always near, here beside you every day
I know how fast the time will pass us by
One season and a seed becomes a flower
I wish you happiness along your path
Year by year, day by day, hour by hour
Gute nacht, mein Engelchen Angelika.
There you lay, with your toothless little smile
You’ll be fast asleep in just a little while
Time goes by so quickly, you’re changing day by day
So soon tomorrow comes, and the woman in the child
One morning I’ll awake to find you’re on your way to school
One day you’ll ask to borrow Daddy’s keys
One day your graduation gown won’t fit you anymore
Though years may change the child I see, you’ll always be
… Daddy’s little girl
Daddy’s here, you’ll never be alone
But there will come a time to make decisions on your own
Never judge another by the things that they believe
And believe that the best is yet to come
One day you’ll move away to find your way out on your own
One day the man you love won’t just be me
There’ll come that special evening when the bride and father dance
Though years may change the child I see, you’ll always be
… Daddy’s little girl
Another year goes by, time flows on and on
One day you wake up to find that your baby child has grown
Sand slips through the hourglass
How quickly the future fades to past
There’s never all the time you think you have
To say how you really feel
One day there’ll come a time you’ll want to make your house a home
One day a proud grandfather I will be
And come my final curtain, I’ll never leave your side
Remember that you’ll always be a part of me
You don’t know what you mean to me, you’re the air I breathe
Though years may change the child I see, you’ll always be
… Daddy’s little girl
East Berlin.mp3
EAST BERLIN
JOSH
Yesterday, a train ride, en route to a land I’ve never been
Today Checkpoint Charlie, the gateway to here, East Berlin
This place is rather odd, it seems fifty years behind
Where is that preconceived romantic image in my mind
All these street signs I can’t understand
It’s a world far from American
East Berlin
EAST GERMAN CITIZENS
A new dawn is upon us, we wake to yesterday, in East Berlin
Nothing’s ever different, every day’s the same, in East Berlin
Our radios have dials, our TV’s still have knobs
Our banks use pen and paper, but hey, we all have jobs
Progress, a vision postponed
In this city that we call our home
East Berlin
Everyone’s employed but you take the job they give, in East Berlin
Everyone can vote, but when it’s over, the Party always wins
It’s a place where Left is right, a place where Right is wrong
Money’s always tight and change does not belong
They tell us that wealth is to share
Still our pockets hold nothing but air
In East Berlin
(Angelika shops for food. Josh looks for Uncle Heinz’ address. Angelika inadvertently bumps into Josh)
JOSH and ANGELIKA
Oh, excuse me/Entshuldige mich.
EAST GERMAN CITIZENS
Queuing is our pastime, there’s always one more line, in East Berlin
And when the stores are open, there’s never much to buy, in East Berlin
There’s never what you want, there’s only what you need
Nothing’s in abundance but security
Our chancellor lives like a king
While we spend our life rationing
In East Berlin
(Josh is driving in a taxi on his way to Uncle Heinz)
JOSH
Where are the latest fashions, do they have Calvin Klein, in East Berlin?
Where are neon storefronts, displaying clothes on dressed up mannequins?
Why don’t these people change, why don’t they take a stand
TAXI DRIVER
I suggest you keep it quiet if to stay’s your plan
The Stasi crawl out from their rocks
Whenever they hear people talk
In East Berlin
EAST GERMAN CITIZENS
Never speak your thoughts, never tell your greatest fears, in East Berlin
The streetlights all have eyes and the buildings all have ears, in East Berlin
The place for disagreement is called a prison cell
WOMAN IN CROWD
Join the Red regime if you can stand the smell!
EAST GERMAN CITIZENS
Clocks tick like slow metronomes
In this city that we call our home
East Berlin!
A Different World.mp3
A DIFFERENT WORLD
(Sung on opposite sides of the Berlin Wall)
ANGELIKA
Is it true that there’s a world
Of neon lights and endless nights and
Music, I have never known
Where the stores are always full
And everybody says the things they want to say
And travels where they want to go
Freedom, can you hear my silent call
For me, have you anything in store
What secrets are concealed behind this Wall
Would I find what I’ve been searching for
JOSH
Is it true that there’s a world
Of wire taps and Stasi traps, and prison cells
For those who won’t believe
The border’s lined with guards
Who even still, they shoot to kill their countrymen
If they ever try to leave
Their demonstrations felt around the globe
Is Tiananmen the fate of what will be
So many years locked up behind this wall
Will they ever taste sweet liberty?
A different world beckons in the distance
A different world reaching out its hand
There, just beyond these concrete walls, will I understand
A different world lost behind these searchlights
A world so near and yet so far
Is every stand for freedom simply just a wish upon a star?
JOSH AND ANGELIKA
A different world beckons in the distance
A different world reaching out its hand
There, just beyond these concrete walls, will I understand
A different world lost behind these searchlights
A world so near and yet so far
Is every stand for freedom simply just a wish upon a star?
What adventures on the other side
Lay in silence past this wall
Or will I find it’s in my mind, and that this different world
Is not so different after all
A different world beckons in the distance
A different world reaching out its hand
There, just beyond these concrete walls, a world I/will I understand
A different world lost behind these searchlights
A world so near and yet so far
Is there a different world that’s free
A world to be
Just who we are
Or is this world
Just a wish upon a star
Western Music.mp3
WESTERN MUSIC
JOSH
Western music around the world
Every man, woman, boy and girl can
Feel the beat, can light the fire within
And western music doesn’t care
Your language, race, whose in your prayers
How young or old, or the colour of your skin
It makes you get up out of your seat
And lose control of your feet
When you listen to the western music play
Western music has a simple style
It starts with a back-beat rhythm while
The bass guitar walks a crooked line
Then come the tinkling of piano keys
As the rhythm guitar strums a driving beat
And the stratocaster starts to whine
It makes you get up out of your seat
And lose control of your feet
When you listen to the western music play
(Klaus pushes Angelika up on stage with him)
JOSH and ANGELIKA
It makes you get up out of your seat
And lose control of your feet
When you listen to the western music play
It makes you get up out of your seat
And lose control of your feet
You can’t refuse when western music plays
In The Name of Freedom Reprise.mp3
IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM (REPRISE)
ROLF
Look at this mess, this country a disgrace
We’ve tried to give you the life that you want, and you slap us in the face
Our world has no crime, no hunger, no poor
Our world is a place where our children are safe, where our children can grow
Is there something more, what thing have we missed
You’d trade your utopian life for a life that will never exist
We’ve given you all you need to survive
But it seems that life itself doesn’t have worth if you can’t feel alive
The Wall, built many years ago
Built to protect us from greed and from sin
But now it is clear, as we’ve shown in Berlin
That evil is nothing a Wall can keep out, it is something within
(Television cameras and lights surround Rolf for the next big announcement)
Today we have decided to introduce measures permitting every citizen of the GDR to leave for the federal republic by any crossing points. The permit will be granted upon request. Individuals may now travel freely without proof of need.
(Citizens, East and West, storm the Wall)
EAST GERMAN CITIZENS
Stand as one, hold your head up high
In the name of freedom
Like the sun, burn your candle bright
In the name of freedom
Our many tears of pain
No longer shed in vain
Stand as one, hold your head up high
In the name of freedom
Raise your hands, let your banners fly
In the name of freedom
The players changed the play
Act I begins today
Raise your hands, there’s no need to hide
In the name of freedom
So many years, so many who have died
In the name of freedom
On this November morn
A brave, new world is born
A world of hope, a world where we are free
…Live your life to live your dream
A world of hope, a world where we are free
…Live your life to live your dream
A world of hope, a world where we are free
…Live your life to live your dream
Live your dream!