1990s Utopia [English translation]

[Intro]

- Do you remember the color of the sky at the French Riviera?

- And the Venetian pink of that apartment near the canal?

- The white of your dress was beautiful (beautiful, beautiful, beautiful)

[Verse 1: Taco Hemingway & Katarzyna Kowalczyk]

[Taco]

Act 1.:

I'll have a flat stomach

I'll have a dashing walk

Bald like some God1

Clothes made in Italy

To be fair i don't have my own words but I'll have my own SUV

When you don't have such goods they'd say "Must improve", and you?

[Kacha]

I'll have a nice wedding, like from Hollywood

White dress, white smile, shine of smooth legs

I'll make him bread with margarine so he loses weight

When he comes back from the forest with son I'll clean any dirt

[Chorus: Taco Hemingway]

You wanted life like from a commercial

The lector always knew how to live and where to go

The candidate2 says it will be normal here again

But what is this normal supposed to be, who is it for?3

[Verse 2: Taco Hemingway & Katarzyna Kowalczyk]

[Taco]

Act 2.:

I'll have thick hair

I'll have a manly chest

Enough energy for more hours, maybe boss will appreciate it

I'll have the prettiest font on my business card

I drink in a pub with my friend, she texts me "Where did you go?"

[Kacha]

Sometimes he comes back at 3am, I ask him where he was this time

Sometimes he hits, but he's smart, tries to avoid the face

Back when I married him it was supposed to be passionate

But instead he gives me a second baby and new dish gel

[Chorus: Taco Hemingway]

You wanted life like from a commercial

The lector always knew how to live and where to go

The candidate says it will be normal here again

But what is this normal supposed to be, who is it for?

[Verse 3: Taco Hemingway & Katarzyna Kowalczyk]

[Taco]

Act 3.:

I wake up to fresh coffee

I dream about getting a promotion

Wife asks me "Where's this aggression form?"

I tell her "It's a manly thing"4

She was supposed to leave me but she still looks over

(She) salivates when I tie a loop around my neck - a tie

[Kacha]

I give the babies cereal, for him eggs from a cage

I see him for the last time when he leaves for work

I kiss my kids on the forehead, sit in a boiling hot bathtub

Gillette razor slits a vein, their mother's blood flows out

[Bridge: Katarzyna Kowalczyk]

In a life beautiful like in a commercial

There's no place for my own plans

In a life beautiful like in a commercial

There's no place for my own plans

In a life beautiful like in a commercial

There's no place for my own plans

[Chorus: Katarzyna Kowalczyk]

You wanted life like from a commercial

The lector always knew how to live and where to go

The candidate says it will be normal here again

But what is this normal supposed to be, who is it for?

1. Most lyrics I saw online use the word "Łysy" which means bald but personally I feel like Taco might be actually saying "Rysy" which means face structure. I haven't found the official lyrics though so I'll keep it as bald2. Presidential candidate3. The "who is it for" part can be understood as "who dictates what's normal and what's not"4. "It's a manly thing" can also be "it's men's business", "it's how men are"

• Artist:Taco Hemingway
• Album:Jarmark