I Do Not Feel at Home Here

Georg Kreisler

1963

I went to see to my sister in Berlin.

She wants me to consider moving in.

Her husband’s passed away now, a schlemiel,

He left her too much money in his will.

Her residence is filled with precious stuff.

She knows the high society.

But I said: sister, I don’t want to bluff.

I cannot stand the piety.

I do not feel at home here, at home here, at home…

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Georg Kreisler

1922–2011

Georg Kreisler—writer, actor, entertainer, and composer of satirical songs—was born in Austria to a middle-class family. He escaped Austria in 1938, fleeing to Hollywood. Kreisler spent part of World War II as an American army interpreter and entertainer in Europe. Following the war, he worked on movies with Charlie Chaplin and earned a living performing at nightclubs. In 1955, he returned to Europe, living in Vienna, and later Munich, Berlin, Basel, and Salzburg.

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