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Abba "Hej Gamle Man"

Han star pa torget varje dag
En vonlig gammal man
Hans har or lite granat
Under massans rada band
Med blanka knappor i sin rock
Och bassan i sin hand
Han vet nog ganska vol
Vad vi vill fraga om ibland

Hej gamle man
Kan du visa oss den vog som vi ska ga
Far at fa komma dit som vi vill na
Hej gamle man
Kanske or det vi som gar nagot fel onda
Du har ju allt som vi har svart att fa

Han verkar kanske tratt ibland
Vem skulle vol ra med
Att lysa upp en vog far nagon
Som aldrig kunnat se
Men trots att han har stott dor nu
I alla dessa ar
Sa verkar det pa honom som har kommit dit igar

Hej gamle man
Kan du visa oss den vog som vi ska ga
Far at fa komma dit som vi vill na
Hej gamle man
Kanske or det vi som gar nagot fel onda
Du har ju allt som vi har svart att fa


English Translation for Hej Gamle Man

HELLO OLD MAN
(B.Andersson/B.Ulvaeus/N.Kreysing/J.Ahonen/P.Reynolds)
Translated from the original Swedish 1995

He stands on the market every day
A friendly old man
His hair is just a little grey
Below his hat's red band
With shiny buttons on his coat
And a cash-box in his hand
He seems to know quite well
What we are asking for sometimes

Hello old man
Can you show us the way we have to go?
So we can reach where we're wanting to
Hello old man
Maybe it's folk like us that get things wrong sometimes
You have got all the things we find hard to get

Although he seems quite tired sometimes
Out there, he'll always be
To light a way for someone
Who could not otherwise see
But although he has been standing there
For many years, each day
It seems as if he had just arrived yesterday

Hello old man
Can you show us the way we have to go?
So we can reach where we're wanting to
Hello old man
Maybe it's folk like us that get things wrong sometimes
You have got all the things we find hard to get