Paroles et traduction Sebastian - Presidenten

Presidenten

Hvis vi ikke er for ham - så er vi imod
Enten er vi foran eller bagved hans kanon
I kamp for den frie verden - den der kryber for hans fod
Man kender vel en vinder, når man ser hans millioner
Vi får vel nogle - af dem
For at hade alle fjendens mænd
Igen - får vi smæk for skillingen
Og det var ikke lige det vi havde
Det vi havde tænkt
No no no
No no no
Og det ka' De altså ikke være bekendt
Vi har gjort alt for deres kampagne - President

Vi har elsket hans dollargrin - beundret hans mod
Vi har også slikket sår, når han blev trådt på storetåen
Ja, hans ku' bygge bomber, der var bedre end vi troed'
Og blir' så lykkelig for dem - at der er overproduktion
Nu får vi nogle - af dem
I hovedet for vor kærlighed til ham
Af hvem? - ja så det ligemeget hvem
Og det var ikke lige det vi havde
Det vi havde tænkt
No no no
No no no
Og det ka' De altså ikke være bekendt
Vi har gjort alt for deres kampagne - President
Vi har hadet kommunister, på kommando og besked
Købt hans dyre flyvemaskiner, for at få lov at være i fred
Vi har før set hvordan en Hitler har ku' gejle folk til had
Men tyskerne i NATO har vi mer' til fælles med
I kærlighed - og fred
Kender alle knebne som du ved
Vi ved at vi er velsignet med
Og det var ikke lige det vi havde
Det vi havde tænkt
No no no
No no no
Og det ka' De altså ikke være bekendt
Vi har gjort alt for deres kampagne - President

Det er som vore skæbner ligger på hans skrivebord
Som beregninger og brikker i hans kæmpematador
Men vi må aldrig gøre nogen enkelt mand så stor
Eller tro på generaler i et yndigt englekor
Med Fadervor - i takt
Spør' de aldrig om "hvorfor" men kun "hvornår"
Selvsagt blir de aldrig dømt for mord
Og det var ikke lige det vi havde
Det vi havde tænkt
No no no
No no no
Gud ved om vi kan være og selv bekendt
Hvis vi gør mer' for deres kampagne - President

Presidents

If we're not for him - we're against him
Either we are before or behind his cannon
In the battle for the free world - the one that crawls at his feet
One should know a winner when one sees his millions
We'll get some - of them
So we can hate all his enemy men
Again - we'll be beaten up for a shilling
And that wasn't exactly what we had
Not what we had thought
No no no
No no no
And you can't help but be embarrassed
We did everything for their campaign - President

We loved his dollar grins - admired his courage
We have also licked wounds when he got stepped on the big toe
Yes, his could build bombs that were better than we believed
And becomes so happy for them - that there is overproduction
We'll get some - of them
In the head for our love for him
Who? - it doesn't matter who
And that wasn't exactly what we had
Not what we had thought
No no no
No no no
And you can't help but be embarrassed
We did everything for their campaign - President
We hated communists, on command and order
Bought his expensive airplanes, so as to be left in peace
We have seen before how a Hitler could rouse people to hatred
But we have more in common with Germans in NATO
In love - and peace
Knows all the tricks as you know
We know that we are blessed with
And that wasn't exactly what we had
Not what we had thought
No no no
No no no
And you can't help but be embarrassed
We did everything for their campaign - President

It's like our fates are on his desk
As calculations and pieces in his giant matador
But we should never make one man so big
Or believe in generals in a lovely choir of angels
With the Lord's Prayer - in time
They never ask "why" but only "when"
Of course they are never convicted of murder
And that wasn't exactly what we had
Not what we had thought
No no no
No no no
God knows if we can be and still be comfortable
If we do more for their campaign - President