I awake and look around me

at the old grey walls that surround me

and I think that I am dreaming

the sun has not been kind of late

to the green green grass at Dortmund

there's a guard and there's a group of soldiers

the grass is brown at the army base

Queen Elizabeth the queen mother

is coming to inspect the place

and the pots of paint are coming out

to paint the brown brown grass bright green

then once more again we'll see

the green green grass at Dortmund