Thunderstorms in Osnabrueck

Back when I was young, in the land of milk and honey

When I was just a kid, with coke and pocket money

When I was still a child, my bike upon the gravel

When I was still afraid, in the days before I traveled

I depended on my parents, who told me to obey

I depended on their judgment: right from wrong, I'd be ok

And I depended on my body, voice fading by the hour

But now I tell my daughter don't be scared to use your power

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But it doesn't matter now, cause I've got wine and I've got song

I've got friends and close companions though the road to here was long

Now it's safe to tell the story, so come in and take a look

We would all be at the table, but there's a storm in Osnabrueck

Mario, come join us, after the storm in Osnabrueck

Remember the skyline of Chicago, the boats on the North Sea

Remember post cards, midnight phone calls, and our battle to be free

Remember roller skates and skateboards and our struggle to be bold

Remember your translations of the stories that I told

You bought your first guitar and then you taught yourself to sing

I bought a used typewriter and I started chronicling

A journey of our ancestors; you put my words to song

They almost lost their faith in us but I think we proved them wrong

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So it doesn't matter now, cause I've got wine and I've got song

I've got friends and close companions and together we are strong

Now it's safe to tell the story, come on in and take a look

We'll all be at the table after storms in Osnabrueck

Mario will join us after storms in Osnabrueck

As a girl I was chastised when I wandered from the script

I blamed myself, avoided risk, I hid inside my crypt

Now I'm grown and still denounced each time I stray outside the norm

But there's music in the air tonight and in Osnabrueck a storm

So I will accept my fate and, yes, embrace my past

But I'll not follow blindly, nor do everything I'm asked

I'm balanced and I'm centered and my mind is full of wonder

The world is full of life and the skies are full of thunder

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Cause it doesn't matter now, for I've got wine and I've got luck

I've got a table where they know me and a storm in Osnabrueck

I've got friends and close companions, results of chances that I took

I made it here, so far so good, come on in and take a look

Come in and take a look

Mario after the thunderstorm

Come on in and take a look