ENTWEDERUNDODER
Brenna tuats guat (It Burns Well)
Music: HvG | Arrangement: Pohn/Trogbacher/Schartlmüller
where is the place
where the devil spawns his children
where is the place
where everything comes together
where is the fire
hey, where's the lightning strike
where's the barn
where's the hut that's burning
are we having bad luck or is everything going well
are we falling over or getting attention
are we thin or fat
having bad luck or good
deal the blows, tell the truth
whether we're worried or happy
if we were christians we'd have known
where the devil's wreaking havoc
everyone knows that
money doesn't grow on trees
and neither can you eat it
but it burns well
but we stoke up the wheat
and the turnips and the maize
if we keep on stoking
it'll all go to hell
where's the money
that nobody can find
why doesn't anybody have any shame
how come these people are always here
who lie, who hide the truth
and when they don't get what they want
they steal it
the devil should catch these crooks
where's the place
where the devil
spawns his children
where everything comes together
where is the fire
where's the lightning strike
where's the hut
where's the barn that's burning
everyone knows ...
Indianer (Indians)
Music: HvG/Pohn/Trogbacher/Schartlmüller
all around nothing but trees
all around nothing but forest
just a couple of indians
and they're so old,
ancient, ancient, ancient, ancient
they have arrows, they have bows
they have enormous balls
and they think that they must
shoot everyone
without saying a friendly hello
they know everything
they're as sly as the fox
and they talk constantly
it's just that nobody understand them
nothing, absolutely nothing
dugada, dugada, dugada, dugada ...
Hålt nit ån (Don't Stop)
Music: HvG/Pohn/Trogbacher/Schartlmüller
when i sit by the window and look out
i think it'll soon be time again
for a little fresh air in my nose
and for a few metres, for new people
i couldn't say that there's anything missing
where i am right now
but I'm being pulled away
with the clouds
my feet move of their own accord and the road
starts at my front door
only where it ends
that's what i don't know
when i've packed all my things together
then nothing is too much
i put my hat on and i look for my shoes
with the good new tread
i never have time to say goodbye
i'm up and away, i have to go
i must go
before i change my mind
my feet move of their own accord and the road
starts at my front door
only where it ends
that's what i don't know
don't stop ...
I versteh di nit (I Don't Understand You)
Music: HvG/Pohn/Trogbacher/Schartlmüller
it's something to me
it gets me going
why do i pay for it every time
i do something with you
tell me – does it have to be like this?
hey, i don't understand
it doesn't matter
what you do with me
this can't be so
all this shouting
and when you're screaming
it still won't make it true
this one thing i'll tell you
don't come round to mine
there you stand
you won't get away
i don't understand you unfortunately
i'm probably too stupid
we're standing there in the reeds
if there's a saint or a soul
who feels responsible: then help!
i can't stand it
i'm not built this way
you know exactly
that this isn't working, hey, don't look so dumb
you get at me ...
and i get at you ...
you don't get me
i don't run away
even if you'd like me to
hey, you've really misjudged yourself
na, na, na, na ...
even when you just keep on scratching and
keep on spiting
i don't understand you unfortunately ...
st. mary magdalene, st. dionysius, st. archangel raphael. st. christopher. st. virgilius, st. rita - please, for us
Heidi hålt mi (Heidi, Hold Me)
Music: HvG | Arrangement: Pohn/Trogbacher/Schartlmüller
wouldn't it be fun
isn't it time for us again
before the wine goes sour
let's pour ourselves another
let's have a little music
best of all would be a waltz for dancing
for a little love affair
we need nothing more
heidi ... hold me ...
look, it's getting darker
and the moon is rising
he seems to be smiling
at the two of us
let's not wait
come back to me
alone in your hut
don't be so shy now
heidi ... be happy ...
Es is wias is (That's The Way It Is)
Music: HvG/Pohn/Trogbacher/Schartlmüller
that's the way it is
just one thing is certain
that none of the snow that's falling now
will remain
when the sun returns
and the snow melts away
and everything
sinks into the sludge
yes, then everything drifts
and everything floats past
march first of all, then april
and then it's may again
and the summer is over in a moment
and the shadows grow longer
and soon it starts
to snow again
mhh ... it's getting going again
whoosh! ice sheet – the skis are rattling outside
and double gate left – zap
at one with the poles
make yourself small, no wind resistance, prepare for the jump
and yeaaah, it works – that was 30, 40 metres easy
and through – best time
ah, i can feel my knees
i'd prefer to go to the hut
for a berner wurst and a beer
now everything's going round in a loop
it was cold and now it's already hot again
and although you're just sitting there
you're sweating
when the sun comes again
and the snow melts away
and your shoes sink
into the sludge
then everything drifts past
march first of all, then april
and then it's may again
and summer is soon over
and the shadows grow long
and soon it starts
to snow again
that's the way it is
just one thing is certain
that none of the snow that's falling now
will remain
Nit lång her (Not Long Ago)
Music: HvG/Pohn/Trogbacher/Schartlmüller
it's not long ago
that i dreamed
that i was flying
high above the world
everybody had
everything they needed
nobody was
missing a thing
mhh – a wonderful dream
it's not long ago
late at night
everything around me was quiet and still
suddenly i hear
someone singing somewhere
and i think i know
the melody
is it a waltz
perhaps even from vienna
or from a Hollywood film
that makes everyone cry
is it in me or
can everyone hear it
or is it coming from another star
a long time ago
we were lying there
next to each other in the field
and in a tree
that had just come into leaf
a bird was singing
his simple song
is it the waltz
with a quarter more
that i keep hearing
since that day
is it in me or
can everyone hear it
or is it coming from another star?
Lebwohl (Farewell)
there's so much i'd still like to say
but it's so difficult just off the cuff
and because i don't know where i should begin
i'll just say – farewell
i see you leave and there's something light in your step
all you said was that the time had come for something new
but i, i would so love to fall back into your arms
where it was always so wonderfully warm
the letters i wrote you are still here
and the picture of the two of us still stands on my piano
and ever time i look at it, you smile at me like
the day you were at my door
farewell ...
I kenn oan (I know someone)
Music: HvG | Arrangement: Pohn/Trogbacher/Schartlmüller
i know someone who has nothing
having less is impossible
but he can still laugh
and sometimes i laugh with him
i know someone who drinks a lot
every day when he can
just enough that he doesn't fall down
just enough that he can still stand
in the waves
he likes to be
and sometimes
he pulls down a star
i know someone who has everything
she just never has it with her
she has no idea where she put it
and says she can't find it
every day
she's in her waves
and she says
she has to count raindrops
i know someone who knows everything
not much more is possible
knows how to do everything
but never realises anything
i know someone who smokes a lot
every day whenever he can
whatever he can get hold of
goes into his pipe
of all the people
there must be one or two in the world
like you and me
who are missing here
even those in the eternal waves
we always miss them
because nobody is here in vain
and everyone would be missed
Suach da an åndern (Find Someone Else)
Music: HvG/Pohn/Trogbacher/Schartlmüller
down my back
cold runs from the top down to my toes
when i see how you go round and round
in front of me the whole i time i have
no plan at all any more
i'm standing outside myself
i can watch myself and
hear that i'm only talking nonsense
hey ...
how long should i stand here
or can't i leave without you?
tell me, isn't there someone who could help me
i'm standing completely alone, am i in the corner?
and if you think you have me now
and i have nothing to say to anybody
you've really deceived me well, because i can't be had
so easily
hey ...
what must come won't come again
if it has to come again, it'll go wrong
hey ...
don't look at me like that, keep out of my way and
find another idiot
i can tell you right now
what will happen
when someone like you keeps
wiggling their arse in front of me
hey, here comes
a big storm
like when the weather comes down
with thunder and hail
and then when it's over
you don't know if you're coming or going
so let's leave it as it is now
and stop this stupidity
hey ...
Neama bång (Never Uneasy)
Music: HvG | Arrangement: Pohn/Trogbacher/Schartlmüller
when the sun and
the rain
up in the sky
meet sometimes
then the clouds that were once grey
light up
suddenly in
the colours of the rainbow
and i get the feeling
that to my happiness not much is missing
the butterflies that fly
to flowers that are blooming
they fly to you too
because you are like a flower
they stay overnight
and fall asleep with you
and they're still there
when the sun shines
and then i know, yes, then i know
that to my happiness not much is missing
and now i am
and now i am
i am never uneasy
because i know,
because i know,
happiness will come
whence comes love
who gave it to us
yes, who achieves something
like our world
who says that it would be one
and not the other
perhaps it would even
be two of them
i don't need to understand everything
but a little would be nice