| Det hele kører i ring
| It all runs in circles
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| Det flytter ingenting
| It moves nothing
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| Igen, igen, igen, igen, igen
| Again, again, again, again, again
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| Det hele køre i ring
| It all run in circles
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| Det flytter ingenting (yeah, yeah, yeah)
| It moves nothing (yeah, yeah, yeah)
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| Min mor er vokset op i en ejemdom i Ballerups Stationsby
| My mother grew up in a property in Ballerup's Stationsby
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| Flowerpower tiden, længe før generation Y
| Flowerpower time, long before generation Y.
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| Mormor og morfar var teenage forældre
| Grandma and Grandpa were teenage parents
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| Men manglede aldrig noget, var de flittigste mennesker
| But never lacking for anything, were the most diligent people
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| Og Ballerup var samligspunkt, for familier med unger
| And Ballerup was a meeting point for families with kids
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| Der løb og legede med smilehuller og beskidte bukser
| There ran and played with smile holes and dirty pants
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| Danske børn kombineret med en masse af dem
| Danish children combined with a lot of them
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| Der kom fra Jokuslavien, Pakistan og Italien
| It came from Yukoslavia, Pakistan and Italy
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| Min mor var ret lille da hendes storesøster fik
| My mom was pretty little when her big sister got
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| Kysset lidt med en Nord-italiener der besøgte tit
| Kissed a bit with a northern Italian who visited often
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| De fandt sammen og det føltes fedt, næsten lykkeligt
| They got together and it felt cool, almost happy
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| Du ved, julelys i øjnene og sød musik
| You know, Christmas lights in the eyes and sweet music
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| De fik et barn, måske lidt tidligt vil nogen mene
| They had a baby, maybe a little early someone will think
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| Men alder er vel kun et tal i det store hele
| But age is probably just a number by and large
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| Flyttede til Baltorpvej for at kunne bo og dele
| Moved to Baltorpvej to be able to live and share
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| En fremtid sammen, hånd i hånd ned af brostenene
| A future together, hand in hand down the cobblestones
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| (Omkvæd x2)
| (Chorus x2)
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| Tilbage til start, det hele kører i ring
| Back to the start, it all runs in circles
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| Du tror vi er oppe i fart, vi flytter ingenting
| You think we're up to speed, we're not moving anything
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| Klar parat, så forsøger vi igen, igen, igen, igen, igen
| Ready ready, then we try again, again, again, again, again
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| (2.Vers)
| (2nd verse)
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| Sødeste elskling, verden kører i selvsving
| Sweetest darling, the world is running in self-swing
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| Tror at alt det ændrer sig af ønsketænkning
| Believe that all that changes of wishful thinking
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| For vi er på dybt vand, det en søsætning
| For we are in deep water, it's a launch
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| Det hårdt at komme op, ligesom MØs flætning
| It's hard to get up, like MØ's braid
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| Min onkel har altid lignet en Italiener boss
| My uncle has always looked like an Italian boss
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| Med mørk hud og muskler, så det gjorde mine fætre os
| With dark skin and muscles, so did my cousins us
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| Den ældste af dem han blev født i 1967
| The oldest of them he was born in 1967
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| Mens min onkel målte op til huse på en byggeplads
| While my uncle measured up to houses on a construction site
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| Der er dumme mennesker over alt, også i den lille by
| There are stupid people everywhere, even in the small town
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| De kaldte dem spaghetti og råbte af dem i vildens sky
| They called them spaghetti and shouted at them in the wild cloud
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| Mødtes af vreden, når folk spøtted på gaden
| Met with anger when people joked on the street
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| Hvor der før var harmoni var nu afløst af balade
| Where before there was harmony was now replaced by ballad
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| En ting er mennesker, der skælder og smælder
| One thing is people who scold and slam
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| Men gradvist ku min onkel ikke få arbejde længere
| But gradually my uncle could no longer get a job
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| Det virkede næsten halvtrippet
| It seemed almost half-tripped
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| Hvordan de gik fra glansbilled
| How they went from glossy image
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| Til et slap i ansigtet
| For a slap in the face
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| (Omkvæd x2)
| (Chorus x2)
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| Tilbage til start, det hele kører i ring
| Back to the start, it all runs in circles
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| Du tror vi er oppe i fart, vi flytter ingenting
| You think we're up to speed, we're not moving anything
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| Klar parat, så forsøger vi igen, igen, igen, igen, igen
| Ready ready, then we try again, again, again, again, again
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| (3.Vers)
| (Verse 3)
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| Min familie var ik' tudemarier
| My family was not a tudemarier
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| De står stolt uanset hvad idioterne siger
| They stand proud no matter what the idiots say
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| Men det skræmmende at se, hvilket trusler det giver
| But it's scary to see what threats it gives
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| Når man mixer en lille smule kultur og værdier
| When you mix a little bit of culture and values
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| For efter et par år i landet gav min onkel pludselig op
| Because after a few years in the country, my uncle suddenly gave up
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| Træt af at blive behandlet som om han ikke kunne nok
| Tired of being treated like he could not do enough
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| Anden rangs på grund af landegrans
| Second rank due to land border
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| Så han valgte igen, at flytte og tage familien tilbage til Italien
| So he again chose to move and take the family back to Italy
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| Se, jeg skammer mig en smule på mit lands vegne
| See, I'm a little ashamed on behalf of my country
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| Når jeg ser hvordan mit land det behandler sine egne
| When I see how my country it treats its own
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| Ja, jeg sagde sine egne, han havde et hjem her
| Yes, I said his own, he had a home here
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| Og hvis vi bliver ved med at dele op i farver når vi ingen vegne
| And if we keep splitting into colors, we will get nowhere
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| Rød og hvid er ligesom toast med marmelade
| Red and white are like toast with jam
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| Træt af den samme vrede når det kommer til fremmedhad
| Tired of the same anger when it comes to xenophobia
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| Som om der kommet et hak i den gamle plade
| As if a notch had come in the old plate
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| Alt kører i ring hvor vi burde se fremad | Everything is running in a circle where we should look ahead |