| Den mørkaste skogen vil ha meg
| The darkest forest wants me
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| Den ule for meg i natt
| It howled for me last night
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| Uglå sitte i treet og fungere nest best som vakt
| Ugly sit in the tree and act as a second best guard
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| Det einaste som kan værr bedre
| The only thing that could be better
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| E lyset fra galne Johan
| E the light from crazy Johan
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| Galnaste mannen i myrå
| Maddest man in the marsh
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| Ligg lavt!
| Lie low!
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| Nå bandt de han fast te slutt da
| Now they tied him firmly and ended that
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| Men for seint, så seint
| But too late, so late
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| At det går
| That it goes
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| Ord om galne Johan
| Words about crazy Johan
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| Ord om gamle Johan
| Words about old Johan
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| For han kvelte lille Malin
| Because he strangled little Malin
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| Men masserte fromme Jan
| But pious Jan massaged
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| Det burde kanskje vært omvendt
| Perhaps it should have been the other way around
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| Men der har du Galne Johan
| But there you have Mad Johan
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| Sist år va her
| Last year was here
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| Nå igjen
| Now again
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| Kvar dag om igjen
| Every other day
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| Tvangstankar
| Obsessions
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| Han lenka na fast itte båten
| He now chained the boat
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| I ein fart som ga båten eksem
| At a speed that gave the boat eczema
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| Før han tok sine velbrukte hender
| Before he took his well used hands
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| Og smørte Jan inn med krem
| And smeared Jan in with cream
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| Glem gamle Jesus
| Forget old Jesus
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| Og hans korsbelagte vei
| And his cross-covered way
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| For Jan tok den godt smørte banen
| Because Jan took the well-oiled course
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| Rett mottsatt av himmelens vei | Directly opposite of the way of heaven |