Ludwig

(Ludwig, Ludwig

Ludwig, du bist so wunderbar

Ach Ludwig, du machst mich wahnsinnig)



Ludwig

Where did you lose your smile

Your blue eyes

Are dark from sadness

Your baby-face

Is pale from madness

Ludwig

Your knee fascinates me

Sensitive Dandy

Knight of the moonlight

Your kiss-proof make-up

Is melting at midnight

Prince of desire

Hypnotized by candlelight

You are so

Impertinent unreal

Curly King

Ecstasy is your possession

And not daily policy

Crawl 'round the Blue Grotto

Arm in arm with brother Otto



Swan-stoned Ludwig

You missed your flight to Disneyland

Where all your fantasies

Came to a plastic end

Swan-stoned Ludwig

You failed to find your princess

Playing with castles and coaches

Ends in distress

Your

Perfumed panther is watching the pleasure-ground

Dreamer of a self-made Atlantis



It was denied, to you to slay

Young Siegfried's mighty dragon

To join King Arthur's conference-table



Go down and meet, Ophelia

On her swimming bed of roses

She's the one to hold your hands



Sailing away, sailing away, sailing away

On velvet gloves and silky legends

To the Empire-Skyscraper-castle

You Royal-fairy-tale-rebel