Eric Andersen - Rain Falls Down in Amsterdam lyrics

[Verse 1] Rain falls down in Amsterdam The streets are wet and black Midnights like November By the glow of a cigarette The girls on hash in Station Square Looking stupid from the d** When Marlena heard the boots march There were reasons to be dumb Shiny helmets in the shadows Those trains that left at night Those hiding in the cellars Those eyes afraid of light Something 'neath the border's Poured poison in the well The creature has uncoiled And is crawling up from Hell [Chorus] Here comes nineteen fourteen Nineteen thirty-two Those cattle cars and yellow stars It's right back to the roots It's moving in the open With a snarl and a growl The cages have been broken And the beast is on the prowl [Verse 2] Firebomb those houses Burn those refugees Be the crowd and do your work Applauding silently Round up all the gypsies Go set them on the trains Can't you smell the smoke now Drifting through the rain Jews, better draw your curtains You better lock your doors up tight They're snarling up in Rostock In the beer halls, belly nights The Fourth Reich's coming, baby They're writing out the page In Rome, Berlin, and Stockholm Yeah, the beast has left the cage [Chorus] Here comes nineteen thirty-two Here comes déjà vu Those cattle cars and yellow stars Was there someone that you knew It's right there in the open Something smelling bad All the cages have been broken And the beast is running mad [Verse 3] Those can*ls and cozy houses Those reflections in the lights You can almost feel it moving The monster in the night It's looking with its yellow eyes It's out to settle scores In the dim medieval distance Feel it breathing down your pores In Salt Lake and in Rio The beast can smell the flames It's faxing hate out in Marseilles Typing out your name You can hear the windows shatter As the time is drawing near Kristallnacht's come to town Welcome back to the house of mirrors [Verse 4] The fire and the armbands And the iron arm salutes Pointing to the scapegoat Is it me or was it you It's right there in the open Don't just stand there hoping The leashes have been broken And the dogs are on the loose Now I have been here thinking How lucky I have been I never touched the barbed wire Never saw the monkey grin No rifle ever smashed my face No bare electric shock But I'll confess up all I know Who I am and who I'm not [Verse 5] To see retired k**ers Is to see the lion yawn The skinheads do their dirty work For the cloak-and-dagger pawns The dark eyes will be waiting there When the borders they are crossed So keep your filthy swastikas Shove your iron cross [Chorus] Here comes nineteen fourteen Nineteen thirty-two Those cattle cars and yellow stars It's right back to the roots It's out there in the open It's crawling on the move The cages have been broken And the beast is on the loose [Outro] Can't you smell the blood now Can't you smell the truth Oh, the rain falls down in Amsterdam The rain falls down in Amsterdam Oh, the rain falls down in Amsterdam Yeah, the rain falls down in Amsterdam