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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd'> <html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' xml:lang='en-GB' lang='en-GB'> <head> <meta content='text/html; charset=utf-8' http-equiv='Content-Type' /> <title>Johnny Blue - lyrics - Diggiloo Thrush</title> <base target='_top' /> <link rel='shortcut icon' href='favicon.ico' /> <meta http-equiv='Content-Style-Type' content='text/css' /> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='css/styles.css' /> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='css/lyric.css' /> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='css/scripts.css.php?011' /> <script type='text/javascript' src='js/artists.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='js/scripts.js.php?latLink'></script> <link rel='start' href='http://diggiloo.net/' title='Front page' /> <link rel='contents' href='http://diggiloo.net/' title='Front page' /> <link rel='previous' href='/?1981tr' /> <link rel='next' 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style='padding-right: 0px;'><img src='/pandora/1981/de1.jpg' name='artist' alt='[]' /> <div class='names'> <span class='left_arr'><a href='#' onclick='prev();return false;'><img src='/gfx/arr_l.png' alt='Previous picture' /></a></span> <span class='right_arr'><a href='#' onclick='next();return false;'><img src='/gfx/arr_r.png' alt='Next picture' /></a></span> <span id='name1'><span class='' title='Real name: Elena Valaitytė'>Lena Valaitis</span></span> <span id='name2'>From left to right: <span class='' title='Real name: Elena Valaitytė'>Lena Valaitis</span>, <i>N/A</i>, <i>N/A</i>, <i>N/A</i>, John Wiseman</span> <span id='name3'><i>N/A</i></span> </div> </td> <td> <table class='innerbox' cellspacing='0px'> <tr><th colspan='2' style='padding: 1px;'><div class='infohead2'><h1><a title='1981' href='/?1981'>1981</a> - <a title='Germany' href='/?de'>Germany</a></h1></div></th></tr> <tr><td class='infol'>Performed by:</td> <td class='infor'>Lena Valaitis</td></tr> <tr><td class='infol'>Music by:</td> <td class='infor'>Ralph Siegel</td></tr> <tr><td class='infol'>Lyrics by:</td> <td class='infor'>Bernd Meinunger</td></tr> <tr><td class='infol'>Conductor:</td> <td class='infor'>Wolfgang Rödelberger</td></tr> <tr><td class='infol'>Language:</td> <td class='infor'>German</td></tr> <tr><td class='infol'>Placing:</td> <td class='infor'>2nd (132 points)</td></tr> <tr><td class='infol'>Other versions:</td> <td class='infor'><a href='/?1981de11' title=''><span class='title'>English</span></a></td></tr> </table> <div class='more_info'><a id='more_info' href='/?info.1981de'>MORE INFO >></a></div> </td> </tr></table> </center> <script type='text/javascript'> </script><script type='text/javascript'> </script> <a name='main'></a> <br /> <center> <table width='100%' class='text' id='lyrics-table'> <tr> <td width='50%'><h2>Johnny Blue</h2></td> <td width='50%' class='tran'><h2>Johnny Blue</h2></td> </tr> <tr><td>Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td> <td>Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td></tr> <tr><td>Alle singen deine Lieder</td> <td>Everybody is singing your songs</td></tr> <tr><td>Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td> <td>Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td></tr> <tr><td>Und die ganze Welt hört zu</td> <td>And the whole world is listening</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Er wuchs auf ohne Freunde</td> <td>He grew up without any friends</td></tr> <tr><td>Denn keiner wollt spielen</td> <td>Because no one wanted to play</td></tr> <tr><td>Mit einem, der blind war wie er</td> <td>With someone who was blind, like him</td></tr> <tr><td>Und er sass meist zu Hause</td> <td>And he mostly sat at home</td></tr> <tr><td>Die Jungen dort draussen</td> <td>The boys outside</td></tr> <tr><td>Die riefen bloss hinter ihm her</td> <td>They just shouted after him</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Sie riefen: Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td> <td>They shouted: Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td></tr> <tr><td>Welche Farbe hat die Sonne?</td> <td>What colour is the sun?</td></tr> <tr><td>Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td> <td>Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td></tr> <tr><td>Kinder können grausam sein</td> <td>Children can be cruel</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Auf der alten Gitarre</td> <td>On the old guitar</td></tr> <tr><td>Die ihm jemand schenkte</td> <td>That somebody gave him</td></tr> <tr><td>Da spielte er, sie war sein Freund</td> <td>He played, it was his friend</td></tr> <tr><td>Seine Lieder, die klangen</td> <td>His songs, they sounded</td></tr> <tr><td>Nach Hoffnung und Freude</td> <td>Of hope and joy</td></tr> <tr><td>Und manchmal, als ob jemand weint</td> <td>And sometimes as if someone was crying</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Und er sang: Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td> <td>And he sang: Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td></tr> <tr><td>Welche Farbe hat die Sonne?</td> <td>What colour is the sun?</td></tr> <tr><td>Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td> <td>Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td></tr> <tr><td>Und die Kinder hörten zu</td> <td>And all the children were listening</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Und bald spielte keiner so wie er</td> <td>And soon nobody could play like him</td></tr> <tr><td>(Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue)</td> <td>(Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue)</td></tr> <tr><td>Seine Lieder, die gingen den Menschen ans Herz</td> <td>His songs touched people's hearts</td></tr> <tr><td>(Welche Farbe hat die Sonne?)</td> <td>(What colour is the sun?)</td></tr> <tr><td>Und er malte Farben aus Musik</td> <td>And he painted colours with his music</td></tr> <tr><td>(Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue)</td> <td>(Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue)</td></tr> <tr><td>Und vergass all seinen Schmerz</td> <td>And forgot all his pain</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Und bald kamen Zehntausend</td> <td>And soon tenthousands came</td></tr> <tr><td>Zu seinen Konzerten</td> <td>To his concerts</td></tr> <tr><td>Denn er schenkte ihnen die Kraft</td> <td>Because he gave them the power</td></tr> <tr><td>An die Zukunft zu glauben</td> <td>To believe in the future</td></tr> <tr><td>Im Dunkel des Lebens</td> <td>In the darkness of life</td></tr> <tr><td>Er hatte es selber geschafft</td> <td>He had made it himself</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Oh Johnny Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td> <td>Oh Johnny Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td></tr> <tr><td>Und sie kamen immer wieder</td> <td>And they all kept coming back</td></tr> <tr><td>Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td> <td>Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue,</td></tr> <tr><td>Keiner spielt so schön wie du</td> <td>Nobody plays as beautifully as you</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td> <td>Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td></tr> <tr><td>Alle singen deine Lieder</td> <td>Everybody is singing your songs</td></tr> <tr><td>Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td> <td>Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue</td></tr> <tr><td>Und die ganze Welt hört zu</td> <td>And the whole world is listening</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>(Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue)</td> <td>(Blue, Blue, Blue, Johnny Blue)</td></tr> <tr><td>Und die ganze Welt hört zu</td> <td>And the whole world is listening</td></tr> </table> </center> <br /> <div class='notes'> <p>Translation by Konrad Edler et al..</p> </div> </div> <table id='footer' style='width: 100%; border-top: dotted 1px #000000;'> <tr><td width='50px'></td> <td width='100%'><p>If you spot any errors on this page, please don't hesitate to <a title='Contact' href='/?contact.1981de'>tell us</a>. 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