Europe, Europe, wake up, wake up!
Can't you see
your children lined up,
On the edge of the abyss they wait.
Europe, Europe, fucked up, fucked up!
Scared to go to sleep they stay up,
Prisoners of fate...
La Le Lu...
Someone's got their eye on you.
Now the poorest kids are sleeping,
You should sleep too.
La Le Lu...
And the little hearts freeze through,
When the other kids are calling,
You're worthless too!
Sandman, sandman,
Please put out the light.
The truth is a big scam,
So let me dream tonight!
Sandman, sandman,
standing by my side,
Sprinkle stardust into my eyes
And let me sleep till I die.
Europe, Europe, wake up, wake up!
Can't you see your children hate us,
Slowly surely they are damned to fail.
Europe, Europe, pumped up, pumped up!
Like a big casino gone bust,
Everyone's for sale!
La Le Lu...
Someone's got their eye on you.
Now the poorest kids are sleeping,
You should sleep too.
La Le Lu...
And the little hearts freeze through,
When the other kids are calling,
You're worthless too!
Sandman, sandman,
Please put out the light.
The truth is a big scam,
So let me dream tonight.
Sandman, sandman,
standing by my side,
Sprinkle stardust into my eyes
And let me sleep till I die.
"Let them eat cake!" someone said,
But all the children want is bread,
Screaming their lungs out every night,
The hunger burning deep inside.
"Let them eat cake!" someone said,
Until the day she lost her head,
Let me show you prosperity,
Where children long for what they need.
Sandman, sandman,
Please put out the light.
The truth is a big scam,
So let me dream tonight.
Sandman, sandman,
standing by my side,
Sprinkle stardust into my eyes
And let me sleep till I die.