Nummela [English translation]

These streets of the city

Villas and gardens

I walk my dog

And all the best years fill my mind:

We dragged our bikes out of that ditch

After a bet which we had only to see how crazy we would be

At school with friends we divided the girls between us

They we screaming during breaks

When we were chasing after them

And when my dad's band was playing

I took everybody there to see them

When I was listening to them myself, I felt this burn - I had to play too

This is the way I have to walk

This is the way I have to walk

When something wakes inside of me

I was twelve years old

When we moved to the country side

And only a year older

When I was wathing my father being buried

Mom was left with four children

And a new house in debt

But somehow she made it through

And our life could start again

Back then me and my friends took over this park

Our mopeds drove 200km/h and we were walking on the railing of that bridge

And we knew how to turn off the streetlights of the entire town

I started to write songs

The songs were about death

This is the way I have to walk

This is the way I have to walk

When something wakes inside of me

I found the woman of my life

And we moved in together

I was 25 when I said "please, shouldn't we get married?"

Now we have a house of our own

My wife is a teacher

I sleep during the days, and I'm wake on nights

These songs have to be written

Sometimes when it's late I climb on an esker with my dog

And from there we are watching the sleeping Nummela

And I'm thinking

Everything is in its right place

I think I belong here

This is the way I have to walk

This is the way I have to walk

When something wakes inside of me.

• Artist:Anssi Kela
• Album:Nummela (2001)