by & large

sturdy handshake - "welcome to the company!"

"it´s good to have you with us - i´m a hego-man too!"

surrounded by six and a half decades of tradition,

few words to break the ice and a set of proven rules:

"don´t you bring me good news, if good news is `tomorrow'!"

"bad news first, no matter what bad they are!"

"teamplay counts a lot, there´s quite a bit of experience"

"but at the end of the day you gonna make it alone." 

 

now the facts are lying on the table.

halleluja what did it take that long.

high time indeed to wrap some brain around it.

consider there´s lots of progress to get done.

 

"where´s the problem?, there´re only solutions!"

"cope with the problems and get your things done!"

surrounded by seven and a half decades of tradition,

few words to help along, a set of well-ment advices:

"make sure to keep it brief, so you make sure they will listen!"

"there´s nothing more sucessful, but simply success!"

"stand against the wind as if you were the last man!"

"in case of doubt ask yourself 'what would he have done?'"

 

now the facts are lying on the table.

halleluja what did it take that long.

high time indeed to wrap some brain around it.

regardless all those milestones you came along

.

"take over some shares, and pretend to deserve`m!" 

"but be aware all the time, they `re just borrowed for a while!"

surrounded by almost ten decades of tradition,

some things leave you pencive, others give lucid insights

now facing ahead to the upcoming horizon

still lessons to learn, there´s still a longing to ignite

soon it will be the matter of mastering a take off

when all of the tasks, all of the duties will be done

 

 

now the facts are lying on the table.

halleluja what did it take that long.

high time indeed to wrap some brain around it, 

albeit in a few years i'll be gone.

 

now the facts are lying on the table.

halleluja what did it take that long.

still time indeed to wrap some brain around it, 

albeit in a few years i'll be gone.