Paroles et traduction Jack Parow feat. Pierre Greeff - Welkom Terug

Welkom Terug

Hey daar welkom terug ons het jou lank genoeg gemis
Was dit alleen daar? Was daar kleur daar?
Of was dit swart en wit
Was dit, ongeskik
Was dit alleen daar? Was daar kleur daar?

Dankie Here dat u opgetel het
Amal het doodgedruk
Eks alleen, dis middernag
En almal is ongeskik
Dis donker en die donderweer slaan
Dit reën alweer vannag
Ek het bietjie vêr gestap
Opsoek na bietjie krag
Aan die diepkant van die swembad
Is ek opsoek na bietjie lug
Ek probeer oorstap maar daars gate in my brug
Ek verloor alweer 'n klein-klein stukkie van my hart
As ek keer op keer totsiens sê
En strukkies bind om smart
Maar daars pyn diep daar onder
Onder al my skille
En daars wyn vir wegsteek en sakkies vol van pille
So ek sit maar trug en nog vat 'n slukkie vir die pyn
Want waar ek waak in die naglug sal die pyn gou verdwyn
Dis skemer in my woorde en middernag in my vers
Ek dans saam met spoke om die flikkers van 'n kers
In 'n modderdam vol onssin sit 'n seun en skep nog pap
Sonsondergange wat iets werd is vat 'n tydjie om na te stap
Daars pyle in my boog en vele vere in my hoed
Maar die seile van my sielskip
Is deur gewere bebloed
Daar is stof op die horison en klippe in die pad
Maar as ek stop en soek vir water
Sal dit dalk verby my stap

Hey daar welkom terug ons het jou lank genoeg gemis
Was dit alleen daar? Was daar kleur daar?
Of was dit swart en wit
Was dit, ongeskik
Was dit alleen daar? Was daar kleur daar?

Ek is bleikbaar klaar verlos deur drippels op my kop
Maar my hande voel gebonde en ek sukkel om te stop
Die kooltjies van my entjies verbrand klaar my tyd
En die voëltjies by my venster het al lankal ophou fluit
My klere is in bondels en daars niemand wat wil stryk
En die duiwel op my grondpad met haar blond gedyede pruik
Haar vingernaels is skerp en bloedrooi mooi gepaint
En haar hande wat soos slange lyk het my lankal klaar gegryp
Die meisie met die vlekke en stories oor ou smart
Het my weg laat kryp en neergegooi met snye in my hart
Ek was verkeerd gewees ek weet wit-leuntjies is nie reg nie
Maar ek het voort gebeur aangehou geen meer washouplek nie
Ons leer mos so raak groot probeer ons net ons bes
En in die asbakkies van verkeerde keuses leer ons mos ons les
Daar is pyn in elke oogwink en stories in elke kreukel
Daar verskyn altyd duiwels in elke kombers wat ek heukel
Daar verdwyn nog gedagtes met elke trekjie van 'n stok
Verduidelik altyd verder as iemand wil kom klop
Op die voorstoep van verlede is daar koffie aan die brou
In die voorskote van tannies is daar Wilson toffies net vir jou
Maar draai sal hulle draai en voor lank is jy ook oud
Wat jy saai sal jy maai en die donkerte is koud
Eks gesit op hierdie kersboom om die land 'n wenk te gee
Daar is al lankal nie meer tyd nie so hou op om om te gee

Hey daar welkom terug ons het jou lank genoeg gemis
Was dit alleen daar? Was daar kleur daar?
Of was dit swart en wit
Was dit, ongeskik
Was dit alleen daar? Was daar kleur daar?

Hey daar welkom terug ons het jou lank genoeg gemis
Was dit alleen daar? Was daar kleur daar?
Of was dit swart en wit
Was dit, ongeskik
Was dit alleen daar? Was daar kleur daar?

Welcome Back

Hey there, welcome back, we've missed you long enough
Was it lonely there? Was there color there?
Or was it black and white?
Was it, unpleasant?
Was it lonely there? Was there color there?

Thank you Lord for picking up
Amal has crushed to death
I'm alone, it's midnight
And everyone is unpleasant
It's dark and the thunder is striking
It's raining again tonight
I walked a bit far
Looking for some strength
At the deep end of the swimming pool
I'm looking for some air
I try to cross but there are holes in my bridge
I lose a tiny piece of my heart again
When I say goodbye over and over
And tie pieces to hide the pain
But there's pain deep down there
Under all my scales
And there's wine for hiding and bags full of pills
So I just sit back and take another sip for the pain
Because where I watch in the night air the pain will soon disappear
It's twilight in my words and midnight in my verse
I dance with ghosts around the flickers of a candle
In a mud puddle full of nonsense a boy sits and scoops up more porridge
Sunsets that are worthwhile take a while to walk to
There are arrows in my bow and many feathers in my hat
But the sails of my soul ship
Are bloodied by guns
There is dust on the horizon and stones in the road
But if I stop and look for water
It might just pass me by

Hey there, welcome back, we've missed you long enough
Was it lonely there? Was there color there?
Or was it black and white?
Was it, unpleasant?
Was it lonely there? Was there color there?

I'm probably already redeemed by drops on my head
But my hands feel tied and I struggle to stop
The coals of my cigarettes are burning up my time
And the birds by my window have long since stopped whistling
My clothes are in bundles and there's no one who wants to iron
And the devil on my dirt road with her blonde dyed wig
Her fingernails are sharp and beautifully painted blood red
And her hands that look like snakes have already grabbed me
The girl with the stains and stories of old pain
Made me crawl away and threw me down with cuts in my heart
I was wrong, I know white lies are not right
But I kept going, no more washing place
We learn as we grow up, we just try our best
And in the ashtrays of wrong choices we learn our lesson
There is pain in every corner of my eye and stories in every wrinkle
There are always devils appearing in every blanket I huddle in
Thoughts disappear with every drag of a stick
Always explain further if someone wants to come knock
On the front porch of the past there is coffee brewing
In the aprons of aunties there are Wilson toffees just for you
But they will turn and soon you will be old too
What you sow, you will reap and the darkness is cold
I'm sitting on this Christmas tree to give the country a hint
There's no more time left so stop caring

Hey there, welcome back, we've missed you long enough
Was it lonely there? Was there color there?
Or was it black and white?
Was it, unpleasant?
Was it lonely there? Was there color there?

Hey there, welcome back, we've missed you long enough
Was it lonely there? Was there color there?
Or was it black and white?
Was it, unpleasant?
Was it lonely there? Was there color there?