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Kære Farmor - Du Som Er I Herlev

Jeg sidder og rydder dit klædeskab
Som jeg ved du har åbnet for sidste gang
Nu står det og måber med lågerne på vid gab
Mens din radio spiller en sang
Og jeg græder lidt mens jeg baner mig vej med
'If you don't know me by now' til
For jeg forstår nu at jeg ikke kender dig
And that I never ever will

Jeg ved kun du lavede en fantastisk fasan
Selvom min mor altid syn's den var tør
Og jeg ved at hvis det her det var en roman
Vil' jeg få en chance og spørg'

Kære farmor fik du set alt det du sku'?
Fik du gjort alt hvad du ku'?
Var du alt i alt tilfreds, hvad laved' du i 69?
Ku' du li' at lave mad?
Var der meget fremmedhad?
Hvordan var 2. Verdenskrig?
Vil' du sig' du var lykkelig?

Og mens jeg sidder og ser på de mærkelige ting
Som har levet med dig her i 1000 år
Forundres jeg over familiers forvikling
Og over at tiden den går
Og så tænker jeg på om du aldrig var bange
Alene i det hersens kæmpe hus
Om du mon ville ku' li' mine sange
Om du vidste du havde mus

Kære farmor fik du kysset dem du ville?
Hvordan var min far som lille?
Var du vildt forelsket i
Min farfar, hvad ville du sig'
Til ham, hvis du ku' se ham nu?
Ka' du huske om du ku'
Li' hans venner eller ej?
Var du glad på Kongevej?

Kære farmor, du som er i Herlev
Hvor er din hjerne, hvor har du lagt den henne?
Kære farmor, du som er i Herlev
Jeg vil' så gerne ha' lært dig at kende
Kære farmor, du som er i Herlev

Kære farmor, jeg vil bar' så gerne ha'
Du nyder den tid der' tilbag'
Jeg ved godt du ikk' forstår
Så meg't af det der foregår
Men jeg hører du går til kor
Og ikk' kan huske hvor du bor
Men personalet passer på
Det går så godt som det kan gå

Dearest Grandmother - You Who Are in Herlev

I am sitting clearing out your closet
Like I know you have opened for the last time
Now it stands and gapes with its doors wide open
While your radio plays a song
And I cry a little while I pave my way with
'If you don't know me by now' to
Because I now understand that I don't know you
And that I never ever will

I only know that you made a fantastic pheasant
Even though my mother always thought it was dry
And I know that if this were a novel
I would get a chance and ask'

Dearest Grandmother, did you see everything you should?
Did you do everything you could?
Were you satisfied all in all, what were you doing in 69?
Did you like cooking?
Was there a lot of xenophobia?
What was World War II like?
Would you say you were happy?

And as I sit and look at the strange things
That have lived with you here for a thousand years
I marvel at the tangling of families
And at how time passes
And then I wonder if you were never afraid
Alone in that huge house
Whether you would have liked my songs
If you knew you had mice

Dearest Grandmother, did you kiss those you wanted?
What was my father like as a child?
Were you madly in love with
My grandfather, what would you say
To him, if you could see him now?
Can you remember if you could'
Liked his friends or not?
Were you happy on Kongevej?

Dearest Grandmother, you who are in Herlev
Where is your brain, where did you put it?
Dearest Grandmother, you who are in Herlev
I would so much like to have known you
Dearest Grandmother, you who are in Herlev

Dearest Grandmother, I just want to have
You enjoy the time there' back'
I know that you don't understand
So much of what is going on
But I hear you go to choir
And can't remember where you live
But the staff takes care
It's going about as well as it can