Luffarblues [English translation]

One has tramped around the country

a fucking many years,

so one has a lot to say

about how we seem to feel.

One has experienced a lot of shit,

though one is not old.

One has seen how the young,

who are our only hope,

drunks or junkies

because they don't have any jobs.

They are drunker than pigs,

although they are not old.

And one has been at the discoteks,

on Friday nights,

and in the Parks, on Saturdays,

and compared the fights.

Sometimes they kill each other,

although they are not old.

And one has lived with people like junkies

because they only must go

to another dimension to feel good.

And one has met young girls

who walk on the streets.

Captured like rats

by a pimps deal.

One part of them never becomes 30 years old.

And it isn't especially old.

And one has seen how Yugoslavians

and Assyrians get fights,

although they come here and wash dishes

and wash our laundry.

And those who beat them the most

are seldom particularly old.

And one has seen how people in the shit

live out their disappointments

among each other and not against their enemy.

And one has also met the rich,

and one has heard what they have said;

That they like that we are junkies

and fight against each other,

so they can rob us in peace,

that is what they are used to since the old times.

Yes, they can rob us in peace,

that is what they are used to since the old times.

• Artist:Björn Afzelius
• Album:Bakom Kulisserna (1979)