[Spoken Intro: Bill Mallonee]
Let's do "Berlin in '53." This next song is about my mom and dad.

[Chris Donohue]
Written in the key of G. In the people's key.

[Bill Mallonee]
It's the people's key, huh?

[Chris Donohue]
It's the people's key. According to Pete Seeger.

[Bill Mallonee]
I've got this picture of my parents. My dad was in the service. Berlin, 1953. He was a young lieutenant, second class. They'd been married about a year. Took my mom over to Berlin, and I got this photograph, and it looks great, and there they are, standing in the street, probably--probably more in love than they'd ever been before, and maybe ever been since. And life was young, and life was beautiful, and it was--it was spring. And this song is about--about them. It's called "Berlin in '53."

[Chris Donohue]
Man, that's--that's royal, with the crickets.

[Verse 1]
I have a photograph
Detailing the matter
Quite a formidable pair they were
Full of grace and swagger
Those smiles are disarming
It's like a drowning sensation
Their hands full of each other's
Highly classified information
[Chorus]
Berlin in '53
A young lieutenant I admire
He took his young bride up in his arms
They set the whole city on fire

[Verse 2]
On fire it was
Saved from distraction
On fire indeed
With their love and passion
He covered her with kisses
He adorned her with praise
She took him unto herself
They set the whole city ablaze

[Chorus]
Berlin in '53
A young lieutenant I admire
He took his young bride up in his arms
They set the whole city on fire

[Verse 3]
Tear down those walls
When she walked by in that dress
Melt all the stone hearts
Melt the machine gun nests
And let freedom ring
In that bloc to the east
Those two got a weapon
They will soon unleash
[Chorus]
Berlin in '53
A young lieutenant I admire
He took his young bride up in his arms
They set the whole city on fire

[Verse 4]
Well, the devil, he roams
The big machines, they rust
Kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall
Trampled in the dust
I saw it in that photograph
They haven't stopped it yet
Whatever Romeo whispered
To his sweet Juliet

[Chorus]
Berlin in '53
A young lieutenant I admire, oh
He took his young bride up in his arms
They set the whole city on fire
Took his young bride up in his arms
They set the whole city on fire
Took his young bride up in his arms
They set the whole city on fire
Took his young bride up in his arms
They set the whole city on fire
[Guitar Solo]

[Spoken Outro]
Thanks, and good night. Catch you later.