Lyrics of IKEA - Thomas Holm

IKEA (original)

Vi sku' en tur i Ikea
En fredag eftermiddag
I din fætters Toyota
For der var et par småting vi sku' ha'
Men allerede på vej derud
Begyndte det at gå galt
Og du blev lynhurtigt skidesur
Bare fordi jeg bad dig om at slappe lidt af
Vi sku' bare ha' en klapstol
Et par skabe og en Billy reol
Og alting var fryd og gammen
Og vi var næsten lige flyttet sammen
Men der var ikke nogen parkeringsplads
Og der var udsolgt af de hvidvinsglas
Vi havde krydset af i kataloget
Og vi kommer aldrig i Ikea igen
Vi blev væk fra hinanden
For du sku' se dig lidt omkring
Efter duftlys, kopper og kander
Og alle mulige andre ligegyldige ting
Men du kom hurtigt tilbage
Med en pude der var helt ubeskrivelig grim
Og du så knap så fornøjet ud
Da jeg sagde: «Den kan du godt glemme alt om at få med hjem»
Vi sku' bare ha' en klapstol
Et par skabe og en Billy reol
Og alting var fryd og gammen
Og vi var næsten lige flyttet sammen
Men der var udsolgt af de hvidvinsglas
Som vi sku' bruge til vores indflytterfest
Og der var ombygning i kantinen
Og vi kommer aldrig i Ikea igen
Men kæden den sprang først for alvor af
Da du ville op og se
På legetøj og børnemøbler
Et sted på første sal
Der var stille i bilen
På hele køreturen hjem
Og jeg tog mig en nat inde i stuen
På vores nyindkøbte gæsteseng
Vi sku' bare ha' en klapstol
Et par skabe og en Billy reol
Og alting var fryd og gammen
Men i Ikea ramlede alting sammen
For der var ikke nogen parkeringsplads
Og der var udsolgt af de hvidvinsglas
Du havde krydset af i kataloget
Og vi kommer aldrig i Ikea igen
Nej, vi kommer aldrig i Ikea igen

(translation)

We took a trip to Ikea
A Friday afternoon
In your cousin's Toyota
Because there were a few little things we saw
But already on the way there
It started to go wrong
And you quickly got mad
Just because I asked you to relax a little
We just had a folding chair
A couple of cupboards and a Billy bookcase
And everything was joy and fun
And we had almost just moved in together
But there was no parking space
And the white wine glasses were sold out
We had ticked off in the catalogue
And we will never go to Ikea again
We grew apart
Because you look around a bit
After scented candles, cups and jugs
And all sorts of other unimportant things
But you came back quickly
With a pillow that was indescribably ugly
And you looked less than pleased
When I said: «You can forget about bringing it home»
We just had a folding chair
A couple of cupboards and a Billy bookcase
And everything was joy and fun
And we had almost just moved in together
But the white wine glasses were sold out
Which we will use for our housewarming party
And there was remodeling in the canteen
And we will never go to Ikea again
But the chain first really broke off
When you wanted to go up and see
On toys and children's furniture
A place on the first floor
It was quiet in the car
On the whole drive home
And I spent a night in the living room
On our newly purchased guest bed
We just had a folding chair
A couple of cupboards and a Billy bookcase
And everything was joy and fun
But in Ikea, everything came crashing down
Because there was no parking space
And the white wine glasses were sold out
You had checked off in the catalog
And we will never go to Ikea again
No, we will never go to Ikea again