For my Mom, who raised me right.
<== Mash This
Lilli Marlene
Outside the barracks, by the corner light
Darling, I remember how I'd wait for you at night
There we'd create a world for two
I'd wait for you the whole night through
Was there that you'd whisper tenderly
That you loved me
You'd always be
Be my Lilli Marlene, Be my Lilli Marlene
I'd give you a rose to show I care
And wind it through your golden hair
Then we'd say goodnight and part
I'll always keep you in my heart
With me Lilli Marlene, with me Lilli Marlene
Time would come for roll call time for us to part
Darling I'd caress you and press you to my heart.
And there 'neath that far off lantern light
I'd hold you tight we'd kiss goodnight,
My Lilli of the Lamplight, my own Lilli Marlene.
My Lilli of the Lamplight, my own Lilli Marlene.
Orders came for sailing somewhere over there,
All confined to barracks was more than I could bear.
I knew you were waiting in the street
I heard your feet but could not meet,
My Lilli of the Lamplight, my own Lilli Marlene.
Resting in a billet just behind the line
Even tho' we're parted your lips are close to mine,
You wait where that lantern softly gleams
Your sweet face seems to haunt my dreams,
My Lilli of the Lamplight, my own Lilli Marlene.