חיפה [Haifa] [English translation]

I have a wife and child

and my father works in the port

going to sleep exactly at 10

because don't want to waste electricity

Haifa, Haifa

A city with a bottom1

ho ho ho

Haifa, Haifa

A city with a future

ho ho ho

Haifa, Haifa

A real city

ho ho ho

At four in the morning I am already busy

two buses to Betei HaZikok2

work and sweat i just work

until the evening goes down the Carmel

Haifa, Haifa...

They think in Haifa everyone is lost

but the truth is that we work

Long live the worker in the gray overalls

Here i was born3 and here i will finish.. in Haifa

Haifa, Haifa...

1. refers to the area at the foot of the Carmel. The down-town area2. Betei HaZikok - The oil refinery in the Haifa bay area just past the old check post on the road to Acco3. David Broza, the singer, was born in Haifa although he grew up in Tel Aviv and London

• Artist:David Broza
• Album:Klaf 1982 (קלף)