Paroles et traduction deLillos - En Stefar

En Stefar

La meg fortelle om en mann
En som jeg kjente godt som barn
Han giftet seg med mor da jeg var fem
Og forsvant da jeg var ca. ti

Og kanskje var det ikke meningen
Men jeg ble svært glad i han
Han var snill, sint og morsom og tykk
Og ble ganske lett fornærmet

Nå har det gått, så mange år
Har nesten glemt at han fikk magesår
Men jeg husker varmen i hans stemme
Som om jeg hørte den i går

Hvis jeg tok med meg venner hjem
Så kunne han spøke fælt med dem
Men jeg sa alltid klart ifra at han ikke var min far
Men jeg var stolt alikevel

Og til og med min fars familie
Kunne ikke la være å smile
Mor holdt kontakten med sin eksmanns slekt
Fordi den nye mannen passet inn perfekt

Nå har det gått så mange år
Har nesten glemt mors hjertesår
Da hun kom hjem og hørte et lydbånd
Der han sa "jeg går"

Så selv om du snek deg vekk fra oss
Har jeg nok alltid tenkt til tross
At jeg er takknemlig likevel
For at du gjorde min barndom spesiell

Jeg er takknemlig allikevel
For at du gjorde min barndom spesiell

A Stepfather

Let me tell you about a man
Someone I knew well as a child
He married my mother when I was five
And disappeared when I was around ten

And maybe he didn't mean it
But I had grown very fond of him
He was kind, angry, funny and stout
And was quite easily offended

It's been so many years now
I've almost forgotten that he got stomach ulcers
But I can still remember the warmth in his voice
As if I heard it just yesterday

When I brought friends home with me
He could kid around with them in a friendly way
But I always made it clear that he wasn't my father
But I was proud just the same

And even my father's family
Couldn't help but smile at him
My mother kept in touch with her ex-husband's family
Because the new man fit in perfectly

Now it's been so many years
I've almost forgotten my mother's heartache
When she came home and heard an audiotape
Where he said "I'm leaving"

So even if you did sneak away from us
I've probably always thought despite it all
That I'm grateful anyway
For making my childhood special

I'm grateful nonetheless
For making my childhood special