My father came from tönsberg
A little bit outside town
Just by the hillside
Before they built the bridge
Then he moved to karlstad
And bought us a row house
Electric fireplace
Coming home from the nightshift
He passed all the houses by the park
While thinking
We're going to move here soon
But soon never happened
And then he turned 63
It was time for retirement
I had left home by then
Now I live in a one-room flat
But I could use some more space
It would be nice
To have one bedroom more
I can cycle to work now
Takes me ten minutes at most
So I don't want to end up
Too far away from here
I can no longer recall
The sound of my daddy's voice
Or if what he was thinking
Is what I'm thinking now
And I no longer know
If what I say is something that I really mean
Or if I've heard it from someone
With a louder voice that mine
But someone had said
There's so many years ahead
Let them start right now
Please let them start right now
Standing at my window
I see out but no one sees me
All the people down there
Could be just like I am
But I don't want to know
If they have any secrets
And I won't tell then mine
And it is true that I always dress up well
And it is true that I try to make them smile
But nobody noticed
So I went home again
And if I show them more than I have planned
And if I show them more than they expect
Where would it take me
And who'd forgive me then
But someone has said
There's so many years ahead
Let them start right now
My friends are doing real well
One is a CEO
Now he has bought a boat
Walking by all the villas by the sea
On his way to catch the morning train
He thinks to himself that
I'm going to move here soon
But soon never happens
And if it did we would never even know
Hold onto my hand now
It's getting dark again
But someone has said
There's so many years ahead
Let them start right now
Please let them start right now

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