You say you’re leaving Berlin
You’ve been threatening for years but this is it
Remember how we met
As strangers on the street
I said you were a creep
And so began our friendship

Soon we were together every day
Our favourite meeting place, our favourite cafe
Only so many times
These eras in our lives
We never realize
'Til come the turning of the tides

Now it's the end of an era
End of an era, my friend (la la la la la, la la la la la)
It's the end of an era
End of an era when our lives did so effortlessly collide
We had a good time, didn't we
We had a good time, didn't we (la la la la la, la la la la la)

Friendships don't end, we know
But time and place, the river flows (end of an era, end of an era)
We'll meet in other circumstance
Five years we spent in a daily dance (end of an era, end of an era)

How I'd often turn around and see
Your face remained for so long unfamiliar
It happened suddenly
A stranger you were to me
Next day I looked and realized
That no one knew me better

It's the end of an era
End of an era, my friend (la la la la la, la la la la la)
It's the end of an era
End of an era when our lives did so effortlessly collide
We had a good time, didn't we
We had a good time, didn't we (la la la la la, la la la la la)

We had a good time
We leave a good thing for another good thing
We had a good time
We had a good time, didn't we

End of an era
End of an era, my friend (la la la la la, la la la la la)
It's the end of an era
End of an era when our lives did so effortlessly collide
We had a good time, didn't we
We had a good time, didn't we