brd usa ddr jfk


i appreciate my interpreter translating my german
ish ich ish ich isfi ich ish bin
ish been ich bin ish been ich bin
nish bnsh

bin bin been been ich bin ish been
ich bin ish been ish been ich bin
i'm ein i'm nein i i

romanus sum

ish been ich bin ish been ich bnch

been i'm ich bin been i'm ich bin

bye bye bni bn

romanus sum

romanus sum berliner
bn be

berlin beelim berlin beelim
berlin beelim berlin
ish been berlin
ish been berlin -
been bell

ish been berlin
ish been berlin
ish been berlin
i'm beelim ich bin
i'm beelim ich bin
i'm beelim berlin
bleen burbly

romanus sum

ish ich
ish been ich bin
ish been i'm ich bin ein
ish been i'm beelim (berlin)

ish ich
ish been ich bin
iso been i'm ich bin ein
ish been i'm
er... er... er

(kennedy spoke in west berlin aug 1963: "two thousand years ago man's proudest boast was quivis romanus sum
today man's proudest boast is ish been i'm beeliner
this was then repeated in german by a professional interpretor "ich bin ein berliner"
that the third reich was inspired by the imagery of the roman empire somehow escaped kennedy)

this song made aug 1982, the 21st birthday of the berlin wall
the voices are those of kennedy and translator

dick witts text by richard witts