Letras
In 45, when Berlin fell, the war had reached its end
Europe was split in half, where two distant worlds began
From Stettin down to Trieste, as Churchill said that year
An Iron Curtain was falling, built of doubt and built of fear
1947 doctrines rose on every side
When Stalin and Truman enforced the world's divide
As both sides began to burgeon
Which one would grow verdant?
Behind the Iron Iron Curtain
Iron Iron Curtain
Europe reshaped into Stalin's version
From the rural to the urban
Behind the Iron Iron Curtain
Iron Iron Curtain
And Germany took the burden
While its future was uncertain
Behind the Iron Iron Curtain
Iron Iron Curtain
Behind the Iron Iron Curtain
The Eastern Bloc was forming as the Cold War took its shape
In 49 the Soviets proclaimed the Eastern German state
But too many fled into the West, they wanted to escape
And soon to cross the border, meant to meet your fate
In Berlin a deadly wall rose directly through the town
A concrete scar cut through the streets by the year of 61
As both sides began to burgeon
Which one would grow verdant?
Behind the Iron Iron Curtain
Iron Iron Curtain
Europe reshaped into Stalin's version
From the rural to the urban
Behind the Iron Iron Curtain
Iron Iron Curtain
And Germany took the burden
While its future was uncertain
Behind the Iron Iron Curtain
Iron Iron Curtain
Behind the Iron Iron Curtain
So many in Germany tried to flee
As they did in Poland and Hungary
Shot on the border of Bulgaria
Faced the minefields in Czechoslovakia
And the Danube on their way out of Romania
Armies on the border stood in frozen stance
NATO or the Warsaw Pact, no one would advance
The Iron Curtain stayed and became a zone of death
Where over 2,000 people would take their final breath
As both sides began to burgeon
Which one would grow verdant?
Behind the Iron Iron Curtain
Iron Iron Curtain
Europe reshaped into Stalin's version
From the rural to the urban
Behind the Iron Iron Curtain
Iron Iron Curtain
And Germany took the burden
While its future was uncertain
Behind the Iron Iron Curtain
Iron Iron Curtain
Iron Iron Curtain
Iron Iron Curtain