Čecháček a totáček [English translation]

Do you remember the time,

when you weren't a loser,

but a part of the crowd.

We all had the same shit,

but were more powerful than death.

The Sun rose and sunk in the east

and because there was no choice, you were fine.

Now, you're supposed to choose all the time,

and learn from your mistakes.

You tell me: "Comrade, life was better when we were here"

Your wife was glad that she had a labourer by her side,

you had a one-room apartment and Yugoslavia and a Trabant,

just like Franta.

Now you have Škoda Octavia and Franta a Mercedes,

What you now have to listen to at home, it's terrible.

Now, you should work to afford a Peugeot,

then, your life will hopefully be worth something.

Until your wife chases you out to make money for a Jeep

You tell me: "Comrade, life was better when we were here"

O-o-o-o, they say life was better when the Comanche [1] were here

So now you wait for them to win elections again.

O-o-o-o because every true Czech

would rather live during totality [2]

They closed Jednota [3], damn them all!

Now you wander around Albert like a fool

You've been here the whole day, and have no trick up your sleeve

to find an escape from the labyrinth of shelves.

You tell me: "Comrade, what use is 62 types of toilet paper

for just one hole?"

You can't understand it, it's like a bad joke!

You tell me: "Comrade, life was better when we were here"

O-o-o-o, they say life was better when the Comanche were here

So now you wait for them to win elections again.

O-o-o-o because every true Czech

would rather live during totality.

In the past, it really was a wild ride,

you were meeting at flats, reading Samizdat [4]

Trying to get blue books [5] and bananas

and never were the only ones doing so.

You played games with ŠtB agents [6] -

- hide-and-seek, and tag as well.

Went through interrogations, ratted on your friends,

life was great.

And the one who didn't sing,

was ratted on by someone else instead!

And now you tell me,

that life was better when you were here.

O-o-o-o, they say life was better when the Comanche were here.

O-o-o-o, they say life was better when the Comanche were here.

So now you wait for them to win elections again.

O-o-o-o because every true Czech...

...would rather live during totality. Oh yeah!

...would rather live during totality. Oh yeah!

...would rather live during totality.

• Artist:Xindl X
• Album:Čecháček made (2014)