[Verse 1] 1948, you were rubble, we brought flour not flags Marshall Plan, not a victory lap - just hammers and bags You brought Bach and Bauhaus, we brought jazz and jeans German-Americans - largest family tree we ever seen [Chorus] Ich bin stolz, I'm proud, both sides of the same street Not NATO only, look at the cars we build in the heat 50,000 jobs in Spartanburg, Tuscaloosa, Chattanooga line Your name on the badge, our hands on the line [Verse 2] 8.8 percent of your exports come here, 9.8 percent go back 185 billion euros talking, not tanks on track 94.8 from us to you, 157 from you to us Not aid, just building together, no fuss [Bridge - warm, motorik] Ramstein is a neighborhood, kids ride bikes to school Largest outside America, but it's a bakery, not a rule You taught us how to engineer tight, we taught you how to dream wide Kraftwerk and Petty on the same radio dial [Verse 3 - German + English] Danke for the wind turbines, Danke for the lab Danke for Beethoven, then Bowie in Berlin grabbing We don't need Republicanism, we don't need a parade Just partnership, Kooperation, the promises we made [Outro - all harmony] From Black Forest to Blue Ridge, same pine in the grain Your workers here, our workers there, same rain
