Allan Olsen — Mergelgraven song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Mergelgraven" by Allan Olsen.
Lyrics
Vi var nogle stykker der legede i en mergelgrav skønt vi godt vidste vi ik'
måtte ha' lov
Man ku' mist' sine arme eller det der var værre det var derfor vi syns' det var
sjov
Henning og mig og så røvballe Niels når dagen begyndt' og forsvinde
Vi gravede en hule i det farlige sand og så sad vi og røg Cecil derind'
Vi sad ligeså stille mens natten den kom skønt vi dårligt syns vi ku' vent'
Niels han fortalte at han snart var en rigtig mand
Og spændt' sin' bukser op så vi ku' se hvad han ment'
Man ku' læsse en hest med femten tons eller bare bli' ve' med og slå
Man ku' binde en gravko dengang je' var en dreng den vil' alligevel bli' ved at
gå
Og månen kom frem og vi kravled' ud der ingen af os der var bang'
Godt nok var vi kun en meter stor men vores skygger de var syv meter lang'
Med en syvtommer stang slog vi døren ind til en gravko der stod og sov
I et spejl derind' så jeg et billede af mor je' vidst' ik' at man ku' blive så
flov
Vi sprætted' sæderne op og vi pissed' derind' vi blev fuldstændig ude af os selv
Lige pludselig var vi i færd med at slå en helt uskyldig gravko ihjel
Man ku' læsse en hest med femten tons eller bare bli' ve' med og slå
Man ku' binde en gravko dengang je' var en dreng den vil' alligevel bli' ved at
gå
Vis mig dit blod sig at det aldrig kan tæmmes
Vis mig dit blod sig at vi aldrig skal skilles
De sprang Henning i luften en sommerdag dynamitten var lagt lidt forkert
Hans far han gik hjem for familiens skyld han sku' fortælle om det brag de
havde hørt
En krøllet kasket i en knuget hånd en halvtredsårig mand stod og græd
Der var ingen der spurgt' ham hvad der var sket de vidst' nok hvad det var han
havde med
Man ku' læsse en hest med femten tons eller bare bli' ve' med og slå
Man ku' binde en gravko dengang je' var en dreng den vil' alligevel bli' ved at
gå
Lyrics translation
We were playing in a marten pit though we knew we didn't
May I
You could lose your arms or worse that's why we think it was
fun
Henning and me and then assballe Niels when the day started ' and disappear
We dug a cave in the dangerous sand and then we sat and smoked Cecil in there'
We sat just as still as the night came, though we had poor eyesight we could wait
Niels he told that he was soon a real man
And strung up his pants so we could see what he meant'
You could load a horse with fifteen tons or just stay and hit
You could tie a grave cow when I was a boy it will' still ' keep
go
And the moon came forth and we crawled 'out there none of us there was bang'
Well we were only a meter big but our shadows were seven meters long'
With a seven inch pole we slammed the door of a gravko who was sleeping
In a mirror in there, I saw a picture of Mom I didn't know you could be so
embarrassed
We sprained 'the seats up and we pissed' in there ' we got completely out of ourselves
All of a sudden we were about to kill an innocent gravko
You could load a horse with fifteen tons or just stay and hit
You could tie a grave cow when I was a boy it will' still ' keep
go
Show Me Your Blood tell me it can never be tamed
Show Me Your Blood tell me we're never getting a divorce
They blew up Henning one summer day the Dynamite was laid a little wrong
His father he went home for the family's sake
had heard
A curled cap in a clenched hand a fifty year old man stood crying
No one asked' him what had happened they knew ' enough what it was he
brought along
You could load a horse with fifteen tons or just stay and hit
You could tie a grave cow when I was a boy it will' still ' keep
go