One poet was Ernest Schulze, who was certifiably insane. Schubert set a number of his poems in 1826 but didnt organize them into a song cycle. One of the songs is German rock and roll, and it sounds like it was written for Springsteen. Its like an 1826 version of Born to Run. Ive often thought of changing the German lyrics from a man riding his horse through the woods on the way to his girlfriend and her cheating heart, to English lyrics about a man on his Harley on the two-lane blacktop doing the same thing.
The piano accompaniment is pure rock and roll, and sounds a bit like At the Hop.
This particular video offers lyrics in both German and English.