Cívisváros Blues [English translation]

I was born in Debrecen1, grew up there too

There might be better places

But for me it'll just do

And I get there everything

That I want

And when the times comes

Well, they'll bury me there

When I got caught up in rock and roll

I knew that good times are ahead

But I got conscripted first

For one and half years instead

They cut my hair

And shut my mouth

But I had it good eventually

Even better than anybody else

I ain't got much weight to lose

This isn't the Kőbánya Blues

The wife doesn't give me abuse

This isn't the Hobo blues

Baby if you come to cuddle at night

That's blues from the other side of the tracks

If you don't do it, you'll get wasted

This is the Civic City2blues

Then I was discharged

And I got a job at a factory

I could drink all the day, nobody checked on me

My first woman, who was blond

And she had a warm mouth

Now everybody knew her as

the shark of Nagyerdő3

If you drill a woman like that

That's the Citromsziget blues

If you pick your nose

That's the Darabos street blues

If you reach for the bottle

That's Fényes courtyard blues

If you hit the ground without a word

That's the Határ street blues

Rarely, when I have the time

I go to a pub

I know everybody

Decent lads from Debrecen

I never could

Dance to to rock and roll

But the girls love me regardless

And I think about them too

If you pick your nose

That's Téglavető blues

It's been a long time since I was twenty

That was the New Garden blues

If you reach for the bottle

That's the Tócóskert blues

Here, you'll get wasted in quiet

This is the Civic City blues

In the pub, you can't get juice

This is the Olajütő blues

This isn't the Rolling Stones blues

This is the Csapókert blues

If you have gout pains already

That's Old Garden blues

My heart wants me to return

This is the Civic City blues

1. The 2nd most populous city in Hungary after the capital city, Budapest.2. Debrecen is sometimes referred to as the "Civic City" in Hungary.3. Literally the Big Forest, it's a foresty area in Debrecen.