Kolmatta Linjaa [English translation]

For once I go back to the third line.1

I have money, I guarantee that.

When I the Mister go to the third line,

everyone gets old debts.

Oiva's bouncer gets a coin, which I owed.2

And I pay the pledge of my watch with ten bucks.

I find Antti Lindberg, to him from my hand

I throw - I believe I saw it was a fiver.

When I for once go back to the third line,

everyone gets old debts.

But when I go back to the third line,

I do know that there is one thing I can not get.

When I go back to the third line like this,

I do know that my youth has been left behind again.

Is my check book able raise my self-esteem,

is it able to revenge the bad blows I once got?

I can purchase a lap of warmth, if I only want to.

But I can not purchase my youth.

When I for once go back to the third line,

I do know that I can not purchase one thing.

The time of youth has been left behind there again.

1. The lines (or in Finnish, linjat) refer to five parallel streets in the Kallio district of Helsinki, Finland.2. Oiva is a still-existing restaurant located in Kallio.

• Artist:Fredi