[Verse 1] \nOver pale German ale, Michael tells us the tale \nOf the man who had lived one floor down \nFor fifty long years, no one else ventured near \nThey walked through the hall, unaware of the squalor \nThat he kept around \n \n[Verse 2] \nNewspapers and bags, wrappers and rags \nTreasures and trash piled high \nA great wall of Germany built from its history \nBric-a-brac bricks and the buzzing of flies \n \n[Verse 3] \nAll alone in his room, sealed in his tomb \nWhen they finally opened thе door \nHe had died in his chair, three days resting thеre \nMountains of memories in stacks on the floor \n \n[Verse 4] \nWhat makes it so strong, the urge to hold on \nTo things we should really let go? \nIn a one-man museum where people can't see them \nSecrets we keep from the neighbors below \n \n[Chorus] \nAnd Munich wakes up in the morning and washes his face \nSadness makes marks you can feel in the dark \nFresh paint and plaster are meant to erase \nClimbing each flight of the staircase, you might feel \nThe footsteps of those gone before \nThe coming and going, the uneasy unknowing \nOf those who have been through the war \n \n[Verse 5] \nMichael leads us upstairs to the room we will share \nAfter we've played our concert that night \nWhile the boys go out drinking, I lay here thinking \nAshamed to feel lonely, I read Truman Capote \nJust to keep on the light \n \n[Verse 6] \nTill I hear them tumbling, laughing and mumbling \nStumbling down the cobblestone streets \nIn just a few hours they'll take their cold showers \nAnd put cowboy boots back on their feet \n \n[Chorus] \nMunich wakes up in the morning and washes his face \nSadness makes marks you can feel in the dark \nFresh paint and plaster are meant to erase \nClimbing each flight of the staircase, you might feel \nThe footsteps of those gone before \nThe coming and going, the uneasy unknowing \nOf those who have been through the war \nThe coming and going, the uneasy unknowing \nOf those who have been through the war\n\n
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