[Verse 1: Schlager male lead, bright and bouncing over a stomping kick and claps on two and four] First time was an accident, the flight was overbooked Lady at the counter, any volunteers, and so I looked At the offer on the screen, a hotel, dinner, and a fee Four hundred in a voucher just to wait a day, for me So I raised my hand, ja, and the line behind me clapped I got a steak, a pillow mint, a shower and a nap Next morning, same flight, overbooked, the lady's face went white I said say no more, wunderbar, and bumped another night [Hook: Schlager male lead, full party, bright keyboard riff] Bump me, bump me, give my seat to someone new Every time you bump me down, I'm bumped up, ja, it's true Hotel, dinner, voucher, prost, the king of gate eleven Bump me, bump me, wunderbar, I'm one bump short of heaven [Verse 2: Schlager male lead, faster, oom-pah bassline] That was three years back, I've got a method now, I've got a chair I know which flights are oversold by how the pilots comb their hair Friday evenings to the coast, the Sunday red-eye, holiday rush I'm the first hand in the air, I never even have to push I've got vouchers in a binder, color-coded by the month Diamond status on three airlines, and I haven't flown once The cleaners know my birthday and the pretzel stand knows my order I've been everywhere on paper, and I've never crossed a border [Hook: Schlager male lead, full party, bright keyboard riff] Bump me, bump me, give my seat to someone new Every time you bump me down, I'm bumped up, ja, it's true Hotel, dinner, voucher, prost, the king of gate eleven Bump me, bump me, wunderbar, I'm one bump short of heaven [Verse 3: Schlager male lead, bright, stomping kick] Then a fella at the gate says, where you flyin', friend, today I say nowhere, never, that's the trick, I only ever stay He says where's your house, I point down at the carpet by the door Gate eleven, by the outlet, I've been livin' here, for sure Got my mail sent to lost and found, I shower in the lounge Got a hotel every other night, a dinner when I scrounge He says that's the saddest thing I ever heard, I say no, wait I've been bumped a thousand times, and every bump was first-rate [Bridge: Schlager male lead, boarding groups, the band boards one group at a time, groups one to five] Group one, ja, the kick comes in Group two, the claps, now we begin Group three, the keys, and the bass goes oom Group four, the whole band fills the room Group five, that's me, I'm last in line, and I'm smilin' wide Final call, final call, and I wave the plane goodbye [Final Hook: Schlager male lead, full party, everyone on board] Bump me, bump me, give my seat to someone new Every time you bump me down, I'm bumped up, ja, it's true Hotel, dinner, voucher, prost, the king of gate eleven Bump me, bump me, wunderbar, I'm one bump short of heaven [End]
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