Paroles et traduction Ulf Lundell - Bartender

Bartender

Tnder du baren
Mister Bartender
Tnder dess lyktor
En i snder
Eller kan det va s
Att du serverar sprit
Fr jag mste ha nt
Som ger mej sprit
Mste ha nt med frg i
Ge mej en Bloody Mary
Du behver inte stirra
Som du gr
Du har ju redan sett allt frut
Mina flckar och fransar
R kta
Liksom min smutsiga trut
Jag tar ingenting gratis
Och det enda jag ber om
R: Stng av ditt frakt
Mitt de r ett annat n ditt
Men vi styrs nd av samma makt
Mitt liv
R lika mycket vrt som ditt
S ge mej min drink
Ge mej min drink
Jag kan betala
Mister Oidipus
N str mitt konto
Helt klart p plus
Jag r inte krsen eller vrng
Jag tar vad som finns
S r det Bartender
Man fr ta vad som finns
Och inte klaga och klandra
Det r fr mej
Som fr alla andra
Jag hade ett hem en gng
Det r inte alls lngesen
Men jag passa inte in dr
Jag tycks inte passa in
Nnstans min vn
Nu hnger jag hr
I stans alla barer
Natt efter natt
I vntan p att hon
Ska komma in i lokalen
Och sja:
Var har du vart?
Var har du varit?
Jag har lngtat efter dej
Kom nu s gr vi
Kom nu s gr vi
Jag ser du tnker:
Vilken romantik
Ja, nog r det
Desperata skrik
Den enda som ska komma
Och hmta mej hr
R dden sjlv
Han ska komma genom drren dr
Nd vntar jag troget
Nd tror jag
Att ett under ska ske
Och jag ser att du ler
Du har sett oss frut
Vi har suttit hr frr
Du lever p oss
Det r ditt jobb, ditt de
Vi som hnger vid din drr
Men jag r inte ensam trots allt
Fr jag vet
Att varenda jvel r p lut
Med armbgen som enda std
I en vntan
Som aldrig vill ta slut
Men

Bartender

Behind the bar
Mister Bartender
Light its lamps
One by one
Or could it be
That you serve liquor
'Cause I need to find
That gives me spirits
Need a drink with color
Give me a Bloody Mary
You don't have to stare
Like you do
You've seen it all before
My stains and fringes
They're real
Like my dirty mouth
I don't take anything for free
And all I ask for
Is: Turn off your engine
Mine is different from yours
But we're still ruled by the same power
My life
Is worth as much as yours
So give me my drink
Give me my drink
I can pay
Mister Oedipus
When my account balance
Is clearly in the positive
I'm not picky or strange
I'll take what's available
So it is, Bartender
You've got to take what's there
And not complain and criticize
It's for me
As for everyone else
I used to have a home
It wasn't that long ago
But I didn't fit in there
I don't seem to fit in
Anywhere, my friend
Now I hang out here
In all the city's bars
Night after night
Waiting for her
To come into the room
And say:
Where have you been?
Where have you been?
I've been longing for you
Come on, let's go
Come on, let's go
I can see you thinking:
What romance
Yes, it is
Desperate cries
The only one who will come
And get me out of here
Is death himself
He'll come through that door
Yet I wait patiently
Still I believe
That a miracle will happen
And I see you smile
You've seen us before
We've sat here before
You live on us
It's your job, your duty
We who hang by your door
But I'm not alone after all
For I know
That every asshole is on the lookout
With elbows as the only support
In a wait
That never wants to end
But