LILLI_MARLENE_MARLENE_DIETRICH LILLI MARLENE MARLENE DIETRICH Underneath the lantern By the barack gate, Darling I remember The way you used to wait: 'T was there that you whispered tenderly, That you lov'd me, You'd always be My Lilli of the lamplight, My own Lilli Marlene. Time would come for roll call, Time for us to part, Darling I'd caress you; And press you to my heart; And there neath that for off lantern light, I'd hold you tight, We'd kiss "Good-night", My Lilli of the lamplight, My own Lilli Marlene. Orders came for sailing Somewhere over there, All confined to barracks Was more than I could bear; I knew you were waiting in the street, I heard your feet, But could not meet: My Lilli of the lamplight, My own Lilli Marlene. Resting in a billet Just behind the line, Even tho' we're parted Your lips are close to mine; You wait where that lantern softly gleams, Your sweet face seems, To haunt my dreams My Lilli of the lamplight, My own Lilli Marlene.