You ^Etold me tales of love and glory ^ASame old sad song, same old story ^ESirens sing a ^C#mlullaby And ^G#mno one knows but ^HLorelei Castles out of fairy tales Timbers shiver where once there sailed A lovesick man who caught her eye And no one knew but Lorelei CHORUS: ^F#mRiver, river have mercy Take me ^Hdown to the sea For ^F#mif I perish on these rocks My ^Hlove no more I\'ll see I\'ve thought of you in far-off places Puzzled over lipstick traces So help me God, I will not try And then I think of Lorelei I\'ve traveled far and wandered wide An old photograph of you beside me Old Man River seems so shy? And he remembers Lorelei CHORUS If I should float upon this stream And see you in my madman\'s dream I\'d sink into your troubled eyes And none would know save Lorelei CHORUS: Oh, river river river have mercy... But if my ship which sails tomorrow Should crash against these rocks, my sorrows I will drown, before I die It\'s you I\'ll see, not Lorelei