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Our father, in great distress, fetched our daily bread from the royal forest that night, and after a theft, he was beaten to death. Our mother found the stolen goods
and drove to Munich, only thinking about money
Because of this stolen property she was sent to prison
and was gone...
I just wanted to go America
Starting over again in freedom!
I just wanted to go to America
New start, new happiness, I never wanted to go back!
My brother was almost there a child
but he could shoot well and was so full of anger!
He shot two gendarmes and so they locked us up
he died there of scurvy
My sister raised the little ones, she was shunned in the village,
she was advised to move away, but there was no money
And then she got sick
and she passed away...
I just wanted to go to America
To start over again in freedom!
I just wanted to go to America
New start, new happiness, I never wanted to go back!
I needed Money for my passage
There was no work for me, I kept my fingers crossed
And I was caught and then a shot was fired
The hunt for me was terrible
After a long time Escape, after weeks of haste
They then caught me in a stable in a field
and I defended myself, killed people again
and now the guillotine falls
I just wanted to go to America
To start over again in freedom!
I just wanted to go to America
New start, new happiness, I never wanted to go back!
I wanted but only to America
Start again in freedom!
I just wanted to go to America
New start, new happiness, I never wanted to go back!