Ulf Lundell — Dagar Utan Slut song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Dagar Utan Slut" by Ulf Lundell.
Lyrics
Jag satt fattig som en lus
I mitt omoderna hus
Till klockan tre varenda natt
Jag var en ung rebell
Kvll efter kvll
Jag var en gud
Som kikna av skratt
Sa nn sitt! sa jag st
Sa nn stopp! sa jag g
Jag stod vid sidan om
Med min grimas
Sa nn kften! s skrek jag
Sa nn lova! s svek jag
Allt fr att hlla
Min frihets bas
Nr Nixon bomba Hanoi
Den dr julen
Gick jag med dom andra
Till Amerikas ambassad
Annars skydde jag marscher
Och makter och mten
Som ville mrklgga sinnet
Och hindra en grabb
Att va fri och glad
Jag gick med ftterna bara
Mitt bland fllornas fara
Jag var frsvunnen
Innan nn kom fram
Dom sa: Ta dej i kragen
Men jag gav fan i lagen
Och mitt hr
Kom aldrig i nrheten av en kam
Jag hrde solrosen sjunga
Nr ntterna var tunga
Jag sg gryningen komma
Som lfte och hopp
Jag kunde lyfta frn marken
Nr jag sprang genom parken
Och knde vingarna
Vxa fram ur min kropp
Jag skrev dikter och snger
Under almarna
Jag var Rimbaud
I min egen apocalyps
Jag kunde skratta t en hippie
Och grta t en progg
Och sparka en vnsterpuritan
I hcken
Och klippa av en sidenslips
Vi var berusade
Vi var frlskade
Vi var frtvivlade
Frbannde
Frsummade
Vi kom frn hem och borg
Vi kom frn gator, torg
Vi var p rymmen frn allt
Som var stelt och kallt
Som ville ha oss ner p kn
Vi sa: Ett land vars ungdom
Inte gr uppror
R ett land som det r synd om
Och vi sa det p ett stt
Som drp av svett
Vi sa: Finns det liv efter dden
S r det hitom
Dom tog oss ibland
Med batongen i hand
Frskte banka oss till lydnad
Och hut
Men i gryningen var v
Lyrics translation
I sat poor like a louse
In my outdated house
Until three o'clock every night
I was a young rebel
Kvll after kvll
I was a God
Like peeping out of laughter
Sit down! did I say st
Sa NN stop! did I say g
I was standing on the sidelines
My face
Sa NN kften! s I screamed
Sa NN promise! I failed
Everything to keep
My freedom base
No Nixon bomba Hanoi
The dr Christmas
Did I go with the others
To the embassy of America
Otherwise I shunned marches
And powers and mten
Who wanted to mrklgga mind
And stop a kid
To be free and happy
I just went with the ftts
Amidst the danger of the flies
I was lost
Before nn arrived
They said, grab you by the collar
But I gave the fuck about the law
And my hr
Never get in the No of a comb
I hrde the Sunflower sing
The NTS were heavy
I sg Dawn come
As the lfte and hope
I could lift from the ground
I ran through the park
And knde the wings
Vxa emerge from my body
I wrote poems and snger
Under the Elms
I was Rimbaud
In my apocalyps
I could laugh t a hippie
And grta t a progg
And kick a vnsterpuritan
In the bucket
And cut off a silk tie
We were drunk
We were horrified
We were in doubt
Frbannde
Total
We came from home and Castle
We came from gator, torg
We were on the run from everything
That was stiff and cold
Who wanted us down p kn
We said: a country whose youth
Not gr rebellion
Is a country for which it is a pity
And we said it in one way
As drp of sweat
We said: is there life after the dden
That's it
They took us
With the baton in hand
Frskte beat us to obedience
And hut
But at dawn was v