Familjeporträtt [English translation]

Have you seen my little mother

swabbing floors at an office?

Small, diligent, sweaty lady

Earns a small pay

Cold hands, stiff knees

Seeking healthcare from Stockholm's county

Then trips into the ward

Soon passing away

Yes, it is both a shame and pity

how life is thundering by

over the small and weak

They are to feel sorry for

Have you seen my little father?

What a funny body he has

Invalidity pension so nice and safe

Because of worn out back

No more nailing houses

Future does not look bright

But he can relax as he wishes

and also get drunk

Yes, it is both a shame and pity

how life is thundering by

over the small and weak

They are to feel sorry for

Sister of mine is this girl

Four children and unemployed

No longer young and wild

Forty years old and divorced

Pretty grumpy now

This former wife

Beauty, happiness, hope for love

That, she has given up

Yes, it is both a shame and pity

how life is thundering by

over the small and weak

They are to feel sorry for

And the one who looks so terrible

is my older brother Knut

Always complaining when we meet

about his prosthetic leg

Seems to be finished, brother Knut

Appears more and more alcoholic

There was much more energy

in Knut before

Yes, it is both a shame and pity

how life is thundering by

over the small and weak

They are to feel sorry for

But now look at little me

Difference is like night and day

Shiny shoes and casual style

Ten meter car

Stirring powder, completely discrete

In small, tidy packages

that are sold in secret

Makes me happy and fat

But, it is both a shame and pity

how life is thundering by

over the small and weak

They are to feel sorry for

• Artist:Allan Edwall