Nina I can be your boyfriend So you can stay with your girlfriend Your father is a sweet old man But it is hard for him to understand that you wanna love a woman
Nina i can be your boyfriend if it puts an end to all this nonsens first time i see you in Berlin And you don't tell me anything Until outside your dad's apartment
Oh God, Jesus Christ I try to focus on your eyes we're having dinner with your family now keep a steady look at your left eyebrow it it's raised, it means yes, if it's not it means take a guess Hey! you! stop kicking my legs- i'm doning my best can you pass the figgs
Your father puts on my record he says so tell me how you met her i get little nerversed and change the subject and put my hand on some metal object he jokes and tells that's a lie detector he takes out the booklet and starts reading so i heard you're moving out next season i say! yeah, New York is nice that time of year almost as green an it is here He says i thought you were moving to Sweden?
oh God! what have i done? i came to Berlin to have some fun then it turned into buffalo 456 on your fathers wall a big crucifix guess thats why he wont let you go his catholic heart is big and slow you know i'll do anything for love but Nina what were you thinking of?
but Nina i can be your boyfriend So you can stay with your girlfriend Your father is mailing me all the time he says he just wants to say hi i send back "out of office", auto-replies"
Nina i just want to check in cause i think about you every second so i send you this postcard just to say don't let anyone stand in your way yours truly. Jens Lekman
Blind girl I missed you I missed you so much I've been sending letters, trying to call you but I can't seem to get in touch
I bet your mom and dad was scared of me or maybe they just care about their dollars I think back upon summer camp and I think I wanna show you more colours
here's white, here's black here's the colour of my heart as I'm starting to crack deep red, dark blue I think I'm in love with you (think I'm in love with you)
blind girl I wish you were here I wish we come closer I wish you had met my family my mom and Bulldozer
I think upon summer camp on New Year's eve, when we danced and I could sit and watch my life go by where I could take a tiny chance, 'cause
someday I'll be stuffed in some museum scaring litte kids with the inscripture "carpe diem" something I never did
but can you remember how we rode shiny horses and we set courses for the sky and the ocean and I tried to explain it to you but it was too huge
blind girl I miss you blind girl I miss you blind girl I miss you
Early September and the kids start school Leaves are floating in a swimming pool I wish I had a proper reason to cry A reason not so abstract More like a broken clause in a contract
All those things you're supposed to do I could have done them if I had you You could have made me a righteous citizen I could have made all those right decisions
But now I don't know who my friend is Can you tell me, Rocky Dennis? Now I don't know who my friend is Can you tell me, Rocky Dennis?
Mama told me I was born a lion Mama told me I was born with a belly to lie on Mama told me I was born a liar Mama told me I was born with a heart to rely on
But now I don't know who my friend is Can you tell me, Rocky Dennis? Now I don't know who my friend is Can you tell me, Rocky Dennis?
Can you tell me, can you tell me tonight? Oh, oh, oh Oh, tonight Can you tell me tonight?
Oh Julie, meet me by the vending machine Oh Julie, I'm gonna buy you a wedding ring
Eating French fries by the dock of the bay Lots of ketchup and mayonnaise You said this town's too big for our hearts You can't tell where it ends or starts
Oh Julie, put on your jacket tonight Oh Julie, the ticket inspector's out of sight
What will you do when you graduate? If you stay here you will suffocate And all your friends are moving to London While the cherry trees are still in blossom
Oh Julie Oh hold me, hold me for the sweet hereafter
The end with you can be very fatal Somehow we forget to pray for the angels Then the angels make sure that our hearts are devoured. Make us jump from the Eiffel Tower
Oh Julie, you know that I ain't for hire But you can have me. You can trade me for your cigarette lighter
Take a step from the humdrum Step out of the museum They said we had hit the bottom But the cherry trees are still in blossom
Oh Julie, you know that I ain't for hire But you can have me I would invite you back to the invention of fire Oh Julie
Oh, I still remember "Regulate" with Warren G Could that have been back in the sweet summer of 1993 It was a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill
Oh, the sound of distant carnival drums The Spanish guitar someone strums It's a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill
My heart goes like, Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom
Oh, the memories come a-streamin' When I'm walking 'round day-dreaming It's a sweet summer's night in Hammer Hill Oh, the memories come a-streamin' When I'm walking 'round day-dreaming It's a sweet summer's night in Hammer Hill
My heart goes like, Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom
Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no no no
Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no no no no no
Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no no no no no
Oh no no no no It's coming back to me Oh no no no It's coming back to me Oh no no no It's coming back to me It's a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill
My heart goes like, Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom Oh, can you hear the beat of my heart? Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom
A man walks into a bar Orders a beer and a bowl of peanuts But the bar turns into a spaceship And the bartender gives him a hair cut I can't remember the end of that joke You once told it to me when we smoked On your father's expensive cigars All I remember is the part of a man walking into a bar
How many lovers does it take To put a light bulb into a socket? And why did Mona Lisa smile? I have the answer written down in my pocket I just remember I laughed 'till I cried Because you told it with your funny voice Your southern dialect makes me rejoice Those special times we had When love was just a silly gag
I know why Mona Lisa smile Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy And laughter is the only way into my heart I know why Mona Lisa smile Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy And laughter is the only way into my heart
Summer night on a gravel road You told me about your childhood friend Veronica Who was claimed to have swallowed a toad And I picked up my harmonica
I know why Mona Lisa smile Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy And laughter is the only way into my heart I know why Mona Lisa smile Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy And laughter is the only way into my heart
A man walks into a bar Orders a scotch and a bottle of coke But the laughter is gone in his heart You never told me the end of the joke
Oh I still remember when you Could that have been back in the sweet summer of 1993 It was a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill
Oh the sound of distant carnival drums The spanish guitar someone strums It was a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill
My heart goes like Bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum Can you hear the beat of my heart?
Oh, the memories come a-streamin', when I'm walkin' round here dreamin' It's a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill
Oh, the memories come a-streamin', when I'm walkin' round here dreamin' It's a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill
My heart goes like Bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum Can you hear the beat of my heart?
Oh no (Oh no!) Oh no (Oh no!) Oh no (Oh no no no no no!)
Oh no (Oh no!) Oh no (Oh no!) Oh no (Oh no no no no no!)
Oh no (Oh no!) Oh no (Oh no!) Oh no (Oh no no no no no!)
Oh no no no no, It's come back to me Oh no no no no, It's come back to me It's a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill
My heart goes like Bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum Can you hear the beat of my heart?
I still wear these worn out jeans I have to wear long-johns undeneath Down by the harbour there's a cool cool breeze I've never wondered if oceans can freeze
Strings on my fathers old guitar the position of the northern star the clock-like beat of the budgies heart tick-tick-tick now they know where you are
I try the light () from the Xerox-machine the gentle beat of a tambourine
And it's like I can't stand to see you with another man I just don't wanna see good love fall into the wrong hands
Behind the craze there's a pretty sunset water shines like tiny bells I feel the warmth in the cigarette but everything else
And it's like I can't stand to see you with another man I just don't wanna see good love fall into the wrong hands
I try the light () from the Xerox-machine the gentle beat of a tambourine
And it's like I can't stand to see you ruin our plans I just don't wanna see good love fall into the wrong hands fall into the wrong hands
It's autumn in Gothenburg I'm walking home to my suburb Rain falls hard on the city On every homeless kitty
Oh please god bring relief even if it's only brief that she says the dreamer just make-believe but I thought she said maple leaves
So we talked for hours and you cried into my sheets you said you ghated your body that it was just a piece of meat, i disagreed
I think you're beautiful but it's impossible to make you understand that if you don't take my hand i lose my mind completely Madness will finally defeat me
She said it was all make-belief but I thought you said maple leaves and when she talked about the fall I thought she talked about the season I never understood at all
I thought she said maple leaves and when she talked about the fall I thought she talked about Mark E Smith I never understood at all I never understood at all I never understood at all
There will be no kisses tonight There will be no holding hands tonight 'Cause what is now wasn't there before And should not be
I know I've broken some hearts, I understand Some firecrackers blow up in your hand Oh, I fuckked up, I've always tried to be true
But I would never kiss anyone Who doesn't burn me like the sun And I remember every kiss Like my first kiss Like my first kiss
When I think back on that night It was lovely Vital aching In your dad's 240 But I would like to keep the memory Of that kiss as it is
Things get more complicated when you're older Before you know it, you are somebody's soldier You get a gun and you name it After a girlfriend
But I swear I'll never kiss anyone Who doesn't burn me like the sun And I will cherish every kiss Like my first kiss Like my first kiss Like my first kiss
I took my sister down to the ocean But the ocean made me feel stupid Those words of wisdom I had prepared All seemed to vanish into thin air Into the waves I stared
I picked up a seashell To illustrate my homelessness But a crab crawled out of it Making it useless And all my metaphors fell flat Down on the rocks where we sat She asked where you are But sister it's the opposite of hallelujah It's the opposite of being you You don't know 'cause it just passes right through you You don't know what I'm going through You don't know what I'm going through You don't know what I'm going through
We made our way home on the bikes we had borrowed I still never told you about unstoppable sorrow You still think I'm someone to look up to I still don't know anything about you Is it in you too You've got so much to live for little sister You've got so much to live for But sister it's the opposite of hallelujah It's the opposite of being you You don't know cause it just passes right through you You don't know what I'm going through You don't know what I'm going through You don't know what I'm going through
I don't want a girl who hangs on every word I say Who shows me off to her parents over roast beef on Sunday I don't want a girl who thinks she has to fake I don't want a girl who laughs at every little joke I make
I just want someone To share my life with I just want someone To share my life with
I don't want a girl who thinks there's only me to please I don't want a girl who thinks it's fun to tease I don't want a girl who thinks she has to cater for my every needs I don't want a girl to go down on her knees
I just want someone To share my life with I just want someone To share my life with And that someone could be you That someone could be you
you could be that someone You could be that someone You could be that someone You could be that someone You could be that someone You could be that someone
If I had to choose a moment in time To take with me into eternity I would choose this This moment with you in my arms I know we've lost the final battle I know we are prisoners I can hear chains rattle But I'm a prisoner of this moment with you in my arms
You in my arms You in my arms You in my arms
I have a love I have a love for this world A kind of love that will break my heart A kind of love that reconstructs and remodels the past That adds a dryness to the dry august grass That adds the sunshine to the magnifying glass And makes me fight for something that just can't last
You in my arms You in my arms You in my arms You in my arms
If I had to choose a moment in time To take with me into eternity I'd choose this moment with you in my arms
You in my arms You in my arms You in my arms You in my
I am leaving you because I don't love you I am leaving you because I don't love you
Oh, it's the knowledge It's the knowledge It's the knowledge Of future clarity That makes my voice tremble With greater dignity
I am leaving you because I don't love you I am leaving you because I don't love you
I'm sorry I have to be this brutally honest, Nicole But my excuses were babies of snow that I just could not hold So you pick up your asthma inhaler and put it 'gainst your lips Oh, those lips I've loved, that I was dreaming of They're still red and soft, I'm so sorry I couldn't love you enough I'm so sorry I couldn't love you enough I'm so sorry
But I'm leaving you because I don't love you I am leaving you because I don't love you
So you pick up your asthma inhaler and put it 'gainst your lips Oh, those lips I've loved, that I was dreaming of They're still red and soft, I'm so sorry I couldn't love you enough So sorry I couldn't love you enough I'm so sorry
오래된 농담으로 시작하자면, 스웨덴인들에게는 좋은 멜로디를 만드는 것과 연관된 DNA가 존재할지도 모릅니다. 굳이 저 멀리 ABBA까지 시간을 되돌리는 수고도 필요 없습니다. 당장 2004년, 이미 상반기에 우리는 Sondre Lerche의 걸출한 서포모어 앨범을 만났고. Jens Lekman이 그 뒤를 잇고 있기 때문입니다. 과거의 영광에 매달리는 것으로 유전적 흐름을 운운할 수는 없겠죠. 앞날이 창창한 두 젊은이의 공통점은 이미 본국에서 일정 수준 이상의 인기를 얻고 있다는 것입니다. 심지어 Jens Lekman은 본국의 엘르(Elle)가 뽑은 스웨덴에서 15번째로 섹시한 남성입니다. 그 자신도 이것이 꽤 자랑스러웠는지 한동안 초라하기 짝이 없는 그의 홈페이지의 첫 화면을 통해 알리곤 했습니다. '안녕...
