The melody comes from the song Indian Summer by the American musician Gary Bolstad who studied veterinary medicine in Berlin in the 1960s and performed in folk clubs.
With its catchy melody Heute hier, morgen dort came to be a modern German folk song.
The song describes the lifestyle of a person who is always on the move, never asks for "yesterday and tomorrow", but occasionally has "heavy dreams".
The "I" expresses its external and internal mobility in the light of the general principle of constant change in the world to which it gives itself in its way of life.
In general, songwriters are often associated with the tradition of traveling singers, which makes appear Heute hier, morgen dort as a kind of anthem of this group of artists.