| Du voksede op I et nyt kvarter
| You grew up in a new neighborhood
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| Kaldet Høje-Gladsaxe, du blev bygget der
| Called High-Gladsaxe, you were built there
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| Jeg tror det gjorde dig til den type du er
| I think it made you the type you are
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| Du' ydmyg, nede på jorden, ingen kejserens nye klæ'r
| You 'humble, down to earth, no emperor's new clothes
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| Det' som om du altid tager med et smil mester
| It's like you always bring a smile master
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| Når skæbnen den lige serverer dig en lige venstre
| When fate it just serves you a straight left
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| Jeg mødte ik' manden du arvede din stil efter
| I did not meet the man you inherited your style from
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| For min farfar gik bort dengang du var teenager
| Because my grandfather passed away when you were a teenager
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| Sad over askeskyen og bad en stille bøn
| Sat over the ash cloud and said a silent prayer
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| For sin søns levestandard ku' blive billedskøn
| For his son's standard of living could be picturesque
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| For jeg ved at du kæmpede dig op fra mindsteløn
| Because I know you fought your way up from the minimum wage
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| Du skal vide du har den største respekt fra din mindste søn
| You need to know you have the greatest respect from your youngest son
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| Du holdt ud når ruten den var herre-sej
| You persevered when the route was gentlemanly
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| Når der ikke var noget at grine af, som Lærkevej
| When there was nothing to laugh at, like Lærkevej
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| Skæbnen gjorde vi mødte noget hårdt hver for sig
| Fate did we met something hard individually
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| Måske ville skæbnen bare ha' at jeg blev stærk som dig?
| Maybe fate just wanted me to be strong like you?
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| Jeg ved godt at det virker som nogle store, ord
| I know it seems like some big, words
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| Men jeg prøver at gå I dine fod-spor
| But I'm trying to follow in your footsteps
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| For du passede på mig, på min mor, på min bror
| For you took care of me, of my mother, of my brother
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| Jeg ved ikke om jeg kan leve op, til
| I do not know if I can live up to
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| Selvom guderne ved at jeg godt, vil
| Although the gods know I well, will
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| Den måde du fik problemer til at for-svind'
| The way you had trouble pre-disappearing '
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| Forholdene var svære at lave om på
| Conditions were difficult to change
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| Så du arbejdede med de ting der måtte opstå
| So you worked on the things that might arise
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| Og problemerne var ikke så små
| And the problems were not so small
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| Vi klarede vinteren med mad fra gården farmor hun voksede op på
| We managed the winter with food from the farm grandmother she grew up on
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| At kæmpe sig op er som et krydse et ocean
| Fighting up is like crossing an ocean
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| Men du arbejdede stadig på en Egon Olsen plan
| But you were still working on an Egon Olsen plan
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| Du vaskede busser om natten og gik I skole om dagen
| You washed buses at night and went to school during the day
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| Håbede det ku' trylle problemerne væk; | Hope it could conjure the problems away; |
| Rune Klan
| Rune Klan
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| Du fik familie, ville væk fra ?, væk fra stanken
| You got family, wanted away from ?, away from the stench
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| Selvom der mildest talt var lavvande I pengetanken
| Although, to put it mildly, there was a low tide in the money tank
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| I dag har du penge, men lærte mig at kende grænsen
| Today you have money, but got to know me the limit
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| For dengang havde vi ret meget havregryn I frikadellefarsen
| Because back then we had quite a lot of oatmeal in the meatball stuffing
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| For vi havde ik' penge
| Because we did not have money
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| Men havde en 2CV og en tur om året til familien I Italien
| But had a 2CV and a trip a year to the family in Italy
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| Plus du tog min fætter ind da det gik galt igen
| Plus you took my cousin in when it went wrong again
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| Og prøvede at holde øje med ham uanset hvor han vadede hen
| And tried to keep an eye on him wherever he waded
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| Min onkel ville lære mig tricks på en sandsæk
| My uncle wanted to teach me tricks on a sandbag
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| Og jeg synes da også træningen var mere end halv-skæg
| And I think the training was more than half-bearded
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| Men mens han viste mig hvordan man skulle rydde et tandsæt
| But while he was showing me how to clean a set of teeth
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| Spillede du hippie-rock for mig på dit anlæg
| Did you play hippie rock for me at your facility
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| Så dengang du havde fjender, og en mand ville ind og gøre os fortræd
| So back then you had enemies and a man would come in and do us harm
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| Ja der ku' det ik' falde dig ind
| Yes, it could not occur to you
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| At miste besindelsen
| Losing composure
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| Nej, du vendte den anden kind
| No, you turned the other cheek
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| Selvom jeg I dag ved du helst ville have pandet ham en
| Although today I know you would rather have foreheaded him one
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| For da Benja han spurgte dig til min fødselsdag
| For when Benja he asked you for my birthday
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| Svarede du at du egentlig helst ville have slået den bøssekarl
| Did you answer that you really would have liked to have beaten that gay man
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| Okay, du sagde ikke bøssekarl
| Okay, you did not say gay man
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| Jeg' vel bare glad for du ik' flippede så vi sku' ses I et besøgslokale
| I'm just glad you did not freak out so we'll meet in a visiting room
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| Gå en tur på listefod
| Take a walk on list foot
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| Må få det ind I hovedet
| Gotta get it in your head
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| Det ik' hjælper på noget at have raseri I blodet
| It does not help to have rage in your blood
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| Så mange ting jeg misforstod som en lille rod
| So many things I misunderstood as a little mess
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| Og tankerne kan godt til tider gøre mig skidt til mode
| And thoughts can sometimes make me crap for fashion
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| For jeg sku' selv blive én før jeg ku' anerkende
| Because I'm going to be one myself before I could acknowledge
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| Værdien af en mands ansvar, og det tog alt for længe
| The value of a man's responsibility, and it took way too long
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| For det' en lang vej, der ka' være hammer sej
| Because it's a long road that can be hammer tough
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| I det mindste har jeg stadig brækket næsen færre gange end dig | At least I'd still broken my nose fewer times than you |