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Cornelis Vreeswijk, "En Halv Böj Blues" (optagelse fra 1978)

Pling-pling, kassa ring

Imorgon minns dom ingenting

Pling-plång, håll igång

Man vill inte ta i dom med tång en gång

Men vad gör det? Gå ut och röj

Medborgare, peta i dig en halv böj

Och damerna ska ha Beaujolais som inte finns på listan

Och herrarna Fernet Branca som är så bra för kistan

Och köerna bara växer: Dagsrekordet höj

Men det som vi säljer mest utav är en halv böj

En halv böj, en halv böj

Jo, det som vi säljer mest utav är en halv böj

Äh, larva're inte, hörru, du vet vad jag vill ha

Jamen, här är legimitationen och här är stålarna

Bara kolla i spärrlistan, varsågod och dröj

Jo, men jag är ju faktiskt grön, så hit med en halv böj

En halv böj, en halv böj

Jo, jag är faktiskt grön, så hit med en halv böj

Bekymra dig inte, gosse, kröka allt du orkar

Systemet är fullt med flaskor och landet fullt med torkar

Häll i dig allt du pallar, din levnadsstandard höj

Och det som ska bekosta detta är en halv böj

En halv böj, en halv böj

Jo, det som ska bekosta detta är en halv böj

Piano Man by Billy Joel Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin

He says, "Son, can you play me a memory?
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes."

[Pre-Chorus]
La la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

[Chorus]
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright

[Verse 2]
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"

[Pre-Chorus]
La la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

[Verse 3]
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life

And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone

[Chorus]
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright

[Verse 4]
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
‘Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"

[Pre-Chorus]
La la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

[Chorus]
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright

Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen:

Lyrics:

Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing "Hallelujah"