Για μένα τραγουδώ [Gia mena tragoudo] [English translation]

Glass in hand, my eyes closed

Fingers tapping the bar rhythmically

You said you’d come meet me tonight

Around ten and now it’s three

An old Chris de Burgh song plays

I remember you liked me singing it to you

Next to me waits your empty stool

I’ll whisper it to you even if you’re not here

I sing for you

I sing for you

I sing for you

All around me, faces cast in shadow

In the corner a couple speaks low

A stranger comes, says she wants a light

She looks me in the eyes, almost erotically

Someone gives me a friendly pat on the back

“Time you go, we’re closing, it’s late”

I step out on the street, I’m seeing double

The sun is rising, on the road are odds[1]

I sing for you

I sing for you

I sing for you

And so, alone on the streets after you

Yet another morning I’m chasing your shadow

Whistles cuss, breaks screech, spreading panic

In this fever I am searching for you

A sickly yellow rain is falling

But loneliness doesn’t melt, it’s like stone

Yellow raincoats, yellow streets and you’re not here

In the rain, I search for you

I’m running in the streets to find you

I’m running alone, I won’t get lost

People in queue to fill out a declaration[2]

Patrol cars chasing a demonstration

Sirens whistle, uniforms glitter, and I in this chaos

In this fever I am searching for you

Some people with long hair pull me to a corner

“Hide, dude, don’t become a target, come this way with us”

They leave, running in the alleys and I follow

I won’t come meet you at that dark lit bar

My friends run, I run too

I’m with them, I won’t get lost

My friends run, I run too

I’m with them, I won’t get lost

I sing for me

I sing for me

I sing for me

I sing for me

• Artist:Vasilis Papakonstantinou
• Album:Χορεύω 1991