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Spoorlangs

Hierdie storie begin by ʼn huis sonder tuin
ʼn Huis van baksteen diep in die woestyn
Die huis het nie deure of vensters nie
Hier woon ook nie eintlik mense nie

En ek vlug spoorlangs
Ek vlug spoorlangs op die outydse manier
Trein deur die woestyn
Trein deur die woestyn
Trein wat in ʼn lugspieëling verdwyn

ʼn Padkaart is daar vir inspirasie
Dis heel anders as spore en ʼn stasie
Want voete en wiele het hul eie pas
Maar treine is seker die roete vas

En ek vlug spoorlangs
Ek vlug spoorlangs op die outydse manier
Trein deur die woestyn
Trein deur die woestyn
Trein wat op die horison verdwyn

Het jy ook al die klok hoor lui
Skrif teen die muur lees vir my
Buitelyne kan ek nog uitmaak
Maar detail het my lankal versaak

En ek vlug spoorlangs
Ek vlug spoorlangs op die outydse manier
Trein deur die woestyn
Trein deur die woestyn
Trein op sand, trein onder ʼn duin

Tracks Language

This story begins at a house without a garden
A house of brick deep in the desert
The house doesn’t have doors or windows
People don’t really live here either

And I flee along the tracks
I flee along the tracks in the old-fashioned way
Train through the desert
Train through the desert
Train that disappears in a mirage

A road map is there for inspiration
It’s completely different from tracks and a station
Because feet and wheels have their own pace
But trains are sure of their route

And I flee along the tracks
I flee along the tracks in the old-fashioned way
Train through the desert
Train through the desert
Train that disappears on the horizon

Have you ever heard the clock strike
Writing on the wall reads to me
I can still make out the outlines
But detail has long since forsaken me

And I flee along the tracks
I flee along the tracks in the old-fashioned way
Train through the desert
Train through the desert
Train on sand, train under a dune