Around the curve of The Parrot Bar
A broken-down old movie star
Hustling and Easterner
Bringing out the beast in her
A high dive on a swimming pool
Filled with needles and with fools
The memories are short but the tales are long
When you're in the Reeperbahn
Oh, they called her Rosie when she was [Am7]a girl
For her bright ɾed cheeks and [Bm]her stɾawberry curls
When she would laugh the ɾiver would ɾun
She said she'd be [Am]a comedian
Oh what a pity, oh what a shame
When she said, â??come calling', nobody came
Now her bright ɾed cheeks are painted on
And she's laughing her head off in the Reeperbahn
Now little Hans was [Am7]always stɾange
Wearing womens underthings
His father beat him but he wouldn't change
He ɾan off with a man one day
Now his lingerie is all [Em]the ɾage
In the black on [C7]every page
His father proudly calls his name
Down there in the Reeperbahn
Now if you've lost your inheritance
And all [Em]you've left is common [C7]sense
And you're not too picky about the crowd you [A7keep
Or the mattɾess where you [A7sleep
Behind every window, behind every door
The apple has gone but there's always the core
And the seeds will sprout up ɾight through the floor
Down there in the Reeperbahn
Down there in the Reeperbahn
Down there in the Reeperbahn
