Girls in Love – English Lyrics

• By: Andreas Dorau
• Album: Hauptsache Ich (Retrospektive 1981-2014)

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a fantastic way to immerse yourself in its culture, and Andreas Dorau's "Girls in Love" offers a unique opportunity to explore German. The song's lyrics, which tell a compelling and dark narrative, use relatively straightforward German that can help you learn vocabulary related to emotions and relationships. The contrast between the upbeat tempo and the tragic story makes it a memorable and thought-provoking piece of German pop music.

[English]

Girls in love, girls in love

She'll give you everything when

Girls in love, girls in love

She'll give you everything

Girls in love, girls in love

She'll give you everything when

Girls in love, girls in love

She'll give you everything when

Sie war jung, gerade 16 Jahr

Doch sie trug schon graues Haar

Sie war lieb und sah gut aus

Das nutzte er natürlich aus

Sie war scheu und er war ihr Boy

Doch er war ihr nie ganz treu

Er bereitete ihr viele Schmerzen

Doch sie trug nur ihn im Herzen

Girls in love, girls in love

She'll give you everything when

Girls in love, girls in love

She'll give you everything when

Sie ging arbeiten und er ging fremd

Für ihn versetzte sie ihr letztes Hemd

So ging es dann jede Nacht

Doch sie hat nur an ihn gedacht

In der Straße war er der King

Und sie, sie war's, die an ihm hing

Girls in love, girls in love

She'll give you everything when

Girls in love, girls in love

She'll give you everything when

Everything when, everything when

Everything when, everything when

Everything when, everything when

Everything when, everything when

Ihre Freunde sagten: "Lass ihn stehen"

Doch sie wollte bis zum Ende gehen

"So geht's nicht weiter" hat sie gedacht

Und ihrem Leben ein Ende gemacht

Als der Boy dies erfuhr

Holte er sie von der Schnur

Und der Boy weinte sehr

Denn sein Girl, das war nicht mehr

Girls in love, girls in love

She'll give you everything when

Girls in love, girls in love

She'll give you everything when

Girls in love, girls in love

She'll give you everything when

Girls in love, girls in love

She'll give you everything when

Girls in love, girls in love

She'll give you everything when

Girls in love, girls in love

She'll give you everything when

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to have a strong affection for someone
give /ɡɪv/ A1	verb - to provide someone with something
everything /ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ/ A2	pronoun - all things; all that exists
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - the organ in your chest that sends the blood around your body
pain /peɪn/ B1	noun - physical suffering or discomfort
friend /frɛnd/ A1	noun - a person you know well and like
think /θɪŋk/ A2	verb - to have a particular opinion or belief
young /jʌŋ/ A1	adjective - having lived or existed for a short time
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the time of day when it is dark
work /wɜːrk/ A1	verb - to do a job or task
king /kɪŋ/ A2	noun - a male ruler of a country
true /truː/ A2	adjective - in accordance with fact or reality
end /ɛnd/ A1	noun - the final part of something verb - to bring to a conclusion
hurt /hɜːrt/ B1	verb - to cause pain or injury

Key Grammar Structures

• She'll give you everything

  ➔ Future simple with 'will' (contraction: 'she'll') to express a promise or intention.

  ➔ 'Will' is used here to indicate a future action or promise made by the subject.

• Sie war jung, gerade 16 Jahr

  ➔ Past tense using 'war' (was) for describing a past state or condition.

  ➔ 'War' is the past tense form of 'be' used here to describe a previous state.

• Doch sie trug schon graues Haar

  ➔ Use of 'schon' (already) to indicate an action that happened earlier than expected.

  ➔ 'Schon' is an adverb indicating that the action occurred earlier than or sooner than expected.

• Und der Boy weinte sehr

  ➔ Use of 'weinte' as past tense of 'weinen' (to cry).

  ➔ 'Weinte' is the simple past tense of the German verb 'weinen' meaning 'to cry'.

• Und ihrem Leben ein Ende gemacht

  ➔ Use of 'ein Ende gemacht' as a fixed phrase meaning 'to end' or 'put an end to'.

  ➔ The phrase 'ein Ende gemacht' is a fixed expression in German that means to bring something to an end.

• Denn sein Girl, das war nicht mehr

  ➔ Usage of 'das war nicht mehr' as 'that was no longer' indicating a change or end.

  ➔ 'Das war nicht mehr' means 'that was no longer' and signals that something has changed or ended.