Eipä tiennyt tyttö [English translation]

Look that way and

you'll see the same landscape

your father saw right here twenty years ago

Turn around - and you'll know what your mother was thinking

when your drunken father

asked her to dance

Year later your mother's home

was filled with relatives

and the guys were drinking booze around the corner of the house

You could feel the wind through the wedding dress

and your mother had received

a garland made of daisies

The girl didn't know how many steps

are there from the altar to being a mother

and how the rhythm of the years changes

The girl didn't know how the time moves

along Ostrobothnia

shuffling along the sides of the field favoring the frost

The girl didn't now...

Now, if you can stand this year

there will be the next one

if you can stand it then I guess you'll stand one more

There are a couple of guys hanging out downtown

the other one had sent you his regards

He asked to tell you that next Friday

there would be his 20th birthday party at a restaurant

If you will make it his friend

could take you home at night

he'll be driving

The girl didin't know how many

steps there are from the end of the bridge to the end of the bridge

if you walk through it every day

The girl didn't know how the time moves

along Ostrobothnia

shuffling along the sides of the field favoring the frost

The girl didn't now

Comb your hair find a dress

put the stereo to play

some pleasant music

so that you'll get in that mood

The restaurant is full of people

of whom you know the most

but there are a couple of strangers

Now that guy is approaching

asking you to dance

and he'd probably like to look you in the eyes

He has his hair in front and it's shagging in the eyes

but he still asks you

to come and dance

If you dance dance like you mean it

and dance like a woman

don't count your steps let go

DJ is talking over the song

you don't hear what but guess

that it's time for a ballad

The girl didn't know how many steps

are there from the altar to being a mother

and how the rhythm of the years changes

The girl didn't know how the time moves

along Ostrobothnia

shuffling along the sides of the field favoring the frost

The girl didn't now...

• Artist:Zen Café
• Album:Helvetisti järkeä