På lantbrukare Perssons gård [English translation]

The water became poisoned in the well;

I lost both the farmhand and the dog.

The harvest went badly,

and the prices went down

I will soon put a gun in my mouth.

The horses are starving in the stable,

and the storehouse stands and decays.

It is leaking in my house

and the food is gone:

Soon I will put a bullet in my head.

I have sold all the cows and pigs,

but they took my tractor with violence.

If I could understand

how everything could end so badly.

It is lucky that my father isn't here

to see his life's work fall apart.

I have no strength to live with the shame

to go and beg money from the neighbors.

The bank will have what its owed

I will never be even.

It’s better with a bullet in the head.

• Artist:Björn Afzelius
• Album:From Elsinore (1999)