In der Hagelberger Strasse (Berlin - Kreuzberg 61) befand sich mit Beginn der 1970er Jahre eine Musiker-WG (überwiegend aus US-Amerikanern. Im Jahre 1995 haben diese Musiker (unterstützt durch div. andere Musiker) eine CD zusammengestellt. Im Song "Hagelberger Street" päsentiert Tom Cunningham diese Kreuzberger WG-Zeit in musikalischer Form.
Songlyrics:
Many's the time l left town and then came back again
When something always seemed to have gone wrong
Coming back and looking to find some kind of friend
l always seemed to find one 'fore too long
We ran down those alleys and we shouted at the moon
And sang under the glow of a streetlight
When you're young and you're innocent
You don't feel the cold in the dark of night
You brush it with your fingers äs you're following your feet
To Hagelberger Street
Beauty it was blinding with a fiercely shining light
Lord you know that's how it was back then
Somewhere on the edges of a half-remembered dream
She is painting pictures with the sunlight streaming in
Boys they will be boys, you know we didn't mean no harm
Only thinking about what was to come later that same day
When you're far away from home
It sure is good to have a place to stay
Running up the stairway, you don't know who you'll meet
In Hagelberger Street
Hagelberger Street
The snow feel down on Kreuzberg like a miracle
Silent and forgiving as a prayer
You ran a little faster just to catch that city bus
You could smell the coal smoke in the air
When you're young, you think that you know all there is to know
Every secret of the human heart
But in time that certainty it slowly melts away
Like the snow in early springtime in the Kreuzberg Park
But l'm thinking about that springtime when the air was soft
and sweet
On Hagelberger Street
Now please don't take me for a sentimentalist
Don't intend to send no valentine
Hagelberger Strasse, it was never paved with gold
It could be pretty rocky at times
But l met old Jesse in the bar the other night
We raised a glass and cursed and praised our luck
Looking back we had to laugh at everything we did
And we agreed that it was all a part of growing up
It was never ended, but the story is complete
Of Hagelberger Street
In a dusty corner of your memory we'll meet
Back on Hagelberger Street
Tom Cunningham (lyrics) lead and backing vocals, 12-string guitar
Joe Kucera flute
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