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« on: December 11, 2014, 23:17:55 »
From youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYjE9wAf-ng&list=RDlYjE9wAf-ng&index=1  Wink Cheesy Grin
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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2014, 23:25:55 »
Lyrics translation:

Alexander, this just isn't normal
Alexander, I totally fancy you
Alexander, you make me truly crazy
Alexander, I need a little happiness

You and I, that would be it absolutely
You and I, and then everything would be well
Alexander, I love you alone
Alexander, always want to be with you

I go to you, raise my glass and say swiftly
Alexander, Alexander
To the girl next to you, I say: Hey! Get outta here!
Look for a new one fast!

But you laugh: But the girl is my sister
I just wanted you to be jealous
Don't you feel it too?
Everything I want and need
Is you, and only you

Alexander, this just isn't normal
Alexander, I totally fancy you
Alexander, you make me truly crazy
Alexander, I need a little happiness

You and I, that would be it absolutely
You and I, and then everything would be well
Alexander, I love you alone
Alexander, always want to be with you

You and I, it simply makes sense
You and I, we'll get by
Alexander, I love you alone
Alexander, always want to be with you
Alexander, I love you alone
Alexander, always want to be with you


So, nothing to do with trains at all. I thought perhaps they were professing their love for either a train driver or the train itself.
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« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2014, 09:43:48 »
Filmed on the Zillertalbahn in Austria I think.
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« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2014, 21:10:29 »
Very catchy though!
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