Cause I’m off
We’ve got nothing left
So I’m off
Can’t stay here
So I’m off
I might find answers
So I’m off
Ayo It doesn’t matter where
So I’m off
I’m off
Hi to everyone back home
I can’t turn around
I’m sliding
It’s called leaving
Everything behind me
What are you doing?
Take responsibility.
You have duties
And they’re in great number.
I’m taking trains
Running away to anywhere
I’m going, far away to anywhere.
Away from the debt collector
who sends me demands
Away from the gangster man
who throws me in a grave
Away from the boss
who makes me into a slave
Away from the police
who handle me with weapons
Away from the girl
who screams at me all day
Away I’m gonna navigate over the seven seas.
Here, there, away, wherever I like
And towards the horizon a little more
So I’m taking my things and all my possessions.
It goes so quickly that we barely can keep up with it all
I’m off now
Should have gone long ago
I might not return home.
But in that case
We’ll find a way to see each other again
Cause I’m off now,
Travelling to wherever
To somewhere where a man can be himself.
To a place where you’re better off
No hesitation, I’m off right away tonight.
Gonna travel round, round, and round again
“But what about your career?”
To hell with it
Sell my flat
Give away all my clothes
I’m on the way down
To cool new cities
Cause I’ve got people to meet
Places to see
Ready for most
A lot maybe,
Maybe I’ll need to sort out
A false passport, an atlas
Only the bare essentials
[I’ve been unable to find out what this means]
Think about this Tumbuk
Don’t do anything hasty
I must move
Cause I’ll die if I get stuck.
Say hi to all my friends
I’ll stay in contact,
And forget the business
Yeah, we sold the contract.
A place for a long time can’t give me anything
My instinct forces me to look around,
Cause the world is large
With more possibilities than you think
Doesn’t matter what it’s called where I live.
I’m off now
Should have gone long ago
I might not return home.
But in that case
We’ll find a way to see each other again
Cause I’m off now,
Travelling to wherever
To somewhere where a man can be himself.
To a place where you’re better off
No hesitation, I’m off right away tonight.
Maybe I’ll buy some plants in Amsterdam
Maybe I’ll lie down and sunbathe in Koh Pa Ngan
Maybe I’ll stand and shout
on Machu Picchu
Sort out the shit in Mogadishu
Maybe I’ll climb a palm tree in Sri Lanka
Chill on a windowsill in Casablanca
Swing by a certain town in Mali
Maybe get stupid [high] a whole day in Bali
Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, maybe Yemen,
Miami, Soweto, even Bremen
Maybe go to the market in Samarkand
Maybe I’ll be another man in another land.