Ulf Lundell — Orkney song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Orkney" by Ulf Lundell.
Lyrics
Fann Wenner packade sin vska I april
Och stngde drren till sin lgenhet
Han tog tget till Amsterdam
Och bodde p bordellerna dr ingen vet
Vem man are eller vart man kommer ifrn
Han hll sig till en flicka ifrn Libanon
Efter fjorton dar tog han en Frja ver till England
Och kpte en biljett p Paddington
Upp genom landet for Fann Wenner
Grna kullar, industristder
Stannade ngra dagar I Edinburgh
Kpte nya skor, nya klder
Till Dundee och Inverness
Och sen upp till Wick
Vidare ver till Orkney
En kvll
D himlen var ljus och full av fgelskrik
Han tog in p Fovaren Hotel
Han byggde sig ett altare p sitt rum
Av Scapa och Highland Park
Han skrev brev han aldrig skickade
Och tappade mobilen
En mnskensnatt frn ett tak
Stjrnorna brann som eldar I hans huvud
Och en storm kom in och drog frbi
I den stormen hrde han altets rst
Och han fylldes av ro och frid
(en vers med ackord och munspel)
Klockorna ringde I S: t Magnus Cathedral
Och dimmorna drev bort, det blev klart
Solen slickade The Standing Stones torra
S skoningslst, s underbart
Stormfglar gled som projektiler
Ver vgornas kammar och skum
Stderskan vnde sig om och grt
Nr dom bar ut honom frn hans rum
Lyrics translation
Found Wenner packed his vska in april
And STNG the drren to his apartment
He took tget to Amsterdam
And lived in brothels dr nobody knows
Who you are or where you come from
He was a girl from Lebanon
After fourteen days he took a wife to England
And kpte a ticket P Paddington
Up through the country for found Wenner
Green hills, industristder
Stayed a few days in Edinburgh
Kpte new shoes, new klder
To Dundee and Inverness
And then up to Wick
Further ver to Orkney
A kvll
D the sky was bright and full of fgel screams
He took in the P Fovaren Hotel
He built himself an altar in his room
Of Scapa and Highland Park
He wrote letters he never sent
And dropped the phone
A night of sunshine from a roof
The stars burned like fires in his head
And a storm came in and pulled frbi
In that storm he heard the rst of alt
And he was filled with peace and peace
(a verse with chords and harmonica)
The bells rang in St. Magnus Cathedral
And the mists drifted away, it became clear
Sun licked the Standing Stones dry
S skoningslst, s wonderful
Stormflows slid like projectiles
Ver vgorna's Combs and foam
The maid turned around and grt
When they carried him out of his room