Paroles et traduction Ulf Lundell - Grannar

Grannar

Varje jul stod han p trappen
I tomtemask och pls som var gr
Han gick frn drr till drr
Lngs vgen och knackade p
Han stod dr glad och lite full
Folk ville helst att han skulle g
Det var tolv villor lngs vgen
Han bodde lngst bort
Med fru och tv dttrar och en boxer
Han sa: r det ett brott
Att ta ett glas eller tv nr det r jul
Och man mr gott?
Han var granne med kommunisten
En byggjobbare som var lng och stor
Och varje gng glas och talrikar for
I vggarna drinne i kket
Var det han som fick dra p sig sina skor
Sen ett r kom han inte mer
Han hade krt omkull p sin moped
Det blev lungt lngs vgen
Och folk fick va ifred
Och fru och barn och boxer
Fick va ifred dom med
Hrde p radion idag om en man
Som inte kunde ta sig in
S en natt smg han upp och gmde sig
P grannens vind
Stannade dr en vecka
Grannen visste ingenting

Neighbors

Every Christmas he stood on the porch
In a red Santa Claus suit
He went from door to door
Along the road and knocked
He stood there happy and a little drunk
People would rather have him go
There were twelve villas along the road
He lived furthest away
With wife and two daughters and a boxer
He said: Is it a crime
To have a drink or two when it's Christmas
And you feel good?
He was a neighbor to the communist
A construction worker who was tall and big
And every time glasses and plates flew
In the walls in the kitchen
He was the one who had to put on his shoes
Then one year he didn't come anymore
He had crashed his moped
It became quiet along the road
And people were left alone
And wife and children and boxer
Were left alone too
Heard on the radio today about a man
Who couldn't get in
So one night he crept up and hid
On his neighbor's attic
Stayed there a week
The neighbor didn't know anything