[Intro]

I spy dry fear

[Verse 1]

I'm waiting for my American Express

They don't believe me, but I lost my checks

It's down in Hamburg on the Reeperbahn

I turned around and my checks were gone

I know that place where The Beatles played

Anyway, check it out, it happened this way

[Verse 2]

Met a guy named Eddy in old West Berlin

He had some speed and a Mercedes Benz

Took a little ride through the D.D.R. 

On the way, something happened to his car

Halfway there, the car went dead

And he turned to us and he said

"Oh, what a horror show to break down in the D.D.R."

[Verse 3]

Went to Hamburg, was quite a test

I changed my DMs for American Express

Had a little party on the Reeperbahn

I turned around and my checkies, they were gone

I called them up, they wouldn't believe it

Don't they know that we're American royalty?