Every word that you said I believed
   But in everything you said I was deceived
   You played around, I really laughed, how could I pretend?
   But where did all the laughing get me in the end?
  
   You've gotta be jo - king!
   You've gotta be jo - king!
   You've gotta be jo - king!
   You've gotta be jo - king!
  
   I, man, am regal, a German am I
   On this point we have always seen eye to eye
   Your cutting aside
   Is like a thorn in my side
   And once again as you see like a fool I cry
  
   You've gotta be jo - king!
   You've gotta be jo - king!
   You've gotta be jo - king!
   This time you've really got to be joking! No!
  
   Sexuality, it's a dirty game
   When you're alone, you're free from the shame
   You've got your revenge for when I played the knave
   You were the master, I was the slave
  
   You've gotta be jo - king!
   You've gotta be jo - king!
   You've gotta be jo - king!
   You've gotta be jo - king!