4. Elementer HW Gade - NORDISC Music & Text

Eatin' outta garbage pails [skraldespande], used to be a fag hag (B)
[fag hag: “kedsommelig kælling”]
Said she'll dance the tango, skip the light fandango (A) [Hej Procol
Harum!]
A Zircon princess (C) seemed to lost her senses (C) [Zircon Princess:
“prinsesse glitterstads”]
Down at the peep (D) show watchin' all the creeps (D)
[Peep (peep show) = striptease, creeps=”slimede typer”]
So she can tell her stories to the girls back home (E)
She went to the city and got social security [ingen rim!]
She had to get a pimp [alfons], she couldn't make it on her own [E
halvrim]
Omkvæd
Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge …
Rap 3
Hvor vi møder fortællerens tyvagtige bror, fortællerens skræmte kone
samt fortællerens lægejournal
My brother's doin' bad, stole my mother's TV
Says she watches too much, it's just not healthy
"All My Children" in the daytime, "Dallas" at night
Can't even see the game or the Sugar Ray fight
Sugar Ray Leonard er en af de største amerikanske boksere efter
Muhamed Ali
The bill collectors, they ring my phone
and scare my wife when I'm not home
Dette er virkeligheden i slummen – jo færre penge, du har, des flere
skylder du væk
Got a bum education, double-digit inflation
[Har en skod uddannelse og en tocifret inflation]
Can't take the train to the job, there's a strike at the station
Neon King Kong standin' on my back
Av!
Can't stop to turn around, broke my sacroiliac [Diskosprolaps]
A mid-range migraine, cancered membrane [migræne gør det ikke alene]
Sometimes I think I'm goin' insane
I swear I might hijack a plane! [hijack a plane=kaprer et fly]
Omkvæd
Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge …
Rap 4
hvor vi møder fortællerens søn
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