Blues in Rot (Singing the blues in red) - Gerulf Pannach

"Blues in Rot (Singing the blues in red)"

This wonderful song is played at the ending of Ken Loach's film "Fatherland" starring Gerulf Pannach.

Music by Christian Kunert.
Lyrics and performance by Gerulf Pannach.


BLUES IN RED (revised)
I sing my blues for a man
who can tell you
How red his dreams were within the ruins
where the new buildings emerge now
who can tell you of his Fatherland, where no hope was to be seen
and which he left without saying goodbye
And if you have nowhere to go, you feel the same as me
with my blues


I sing the Blues in Red
for someone who cannot hear me
Like a child in the dark who loudely sings a song to himself I sing the Blues in Red

I sing my blues for a man
who can tell you
How red fear can be
right before you kick the bucket

I sing the Blues in Red.
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BLUES IN ROT
Ich singe meinen Blues fuer einen Mann,
der kann erzahl'n,
wie rot die Hoffnung war in den Ruinen,
dort, wo jetzt die Neubauten stehn,
von seinem Heimatland, wo er kein Land sah,
ging er ohne Gruss.
Wenn du nicht weisst wohin,
geht's dir wie mir,
mit meinem Blues.

Ich sing den Blues in Rot
fuer einen, der mich nicht hoert,
so wie in der Dunkelheit n'Kind
sich laut 'nen Lied singt,
sing ich den Blues in Rot.

Ich singe den Blues fuer einen Mann, der konnte erzaehl'n
davon, wie rot die Angst sein kann,
bevor man vor die Hunde geht.

Ich sing den Blues in Rot.