There are no birds to sing the forbidden song
There are no books to tell, where we all come from
The old man can tell us of the ancient days
We must not listen to him,
We must be on our way…
Heya Heya Ho, we walk along the Rhine
When the rain may fall or when the sun may shine
Heya Heya Ho, we leave the death behind
To where the air is clean, to where the water is fine
We see the ruins of Cologne in a winter night
All the gates are closed, no way to get inside
The machine-guns bark, as we pass the walls
Oh we must leave this place, oh we must hurry on…
Heya Heya Ho, we walk along the Rhine
When the rain may fall or when the sun may shine
Heya Heya Ho, we leave the death behind
To where the air is clean, to where the water is fine
A little baby's born, new hope for the world
In the days of Nucleus, can we all get well?
This is no human being lying in the hay
Oh we must leave it here, we must be on our way
Heya Heya Ho, we walk along the Rhine
When the rain may fall or when the sun may shine
Heya Heya Ho, we leave the death behind
To where the air is clean, to where the water is fine