Pohjoisen taivaan alla [English translation]

My father was a humble carpenter

Maybe the saw was blunt, or too sharp the plane

The old man would think always

As he woke up drunk.

Every Christmas he would beat us

Sometimes even threatened with a knife,

”A kiss could make a man die”,

I was often told.

Under the northern sky

The people toiled and suffered

By loaning from the rich

Made their wishes true.

Barefeet across the Africa

Our homestead was left behind

As the drought sucked the water from the well

Inspired by raging starvation,

I decided to lead the tribe

Where there was water

And the lakes froze when the winter came,

Now it is the time for others

To serve us instead.

Under the northern sky

The people toiled and suffered

By loaning from the rich

Made their wishes true.

My helmet endures the radiation

Sending a card home, I greeted folks from the Andes

As from young lady's hips I was

Seeking consolation

How thin is the layer

Of that ozone, remains a mystery

Now that hair already gets off my skin

As the cancer on it is spreading.

Under the northern sky

The people toiled and suffered

By loaning from the rich

Made their wishes true.

• Artist:Leevi and the Leavings