Äppelknyckarjazz [English translation]

Spoken:

Yes, brothers and sisters, lassies and lads

It's an honour to present for you

Apple stealer jazz

Song:

Run! My neighbour's closing in on me, he claims I'm stealing apples from his apple tree

Run! I wish him well but I have to do something about our misery

Run! My father's a proletarian and he works late but he can't afford food so

Run! Sure, I've got my reason and my neighbour's a millionaire by the way

Hey! I gotta run now, 'cuz if my neighbour catches up on me this'll end sadly

Hey! No, I can't doubt now, 'cuz if my mom catches me I'll be grounded

Run! My mother's a missionairy and says that I miss out the heavenly world that

Run! My priest has promised my soul on the sunday prayer but I wasn't there, and

Run! That I only make trouble in the neighbourhood but the food isn't here, so

Run! Where is Jesus when we need help to pay in the store?

I come like a thief at night to the big countryside estates

The disponents are sitting on porches noticing nothing due to the strong brandy

Filling up my rucksack with apples to sell at the market

And put every penny into the mattress hoping that I won't have to pay tax

Hey! I gotta run now, 'cuz if the police catches up on me I'll be thrown into jail now

Hey! No, I can't answer now, but you can call me next week, I might've gone out then

Run! The tax-collector's chasing me, I declared incorrectly on some thing

Run! He's going to give me some new application for to fill in but that can't be right, 'cuz

Run! The directors are living nicely earning more money than my entire family, so

Run! Something's gotta be wrong, I must steal apples to keep myself full, it works

Hey! I gotta run now, 'cuz if my neighbour catches up on me this'll end sadly

Hey! No, I can't doubt now, 'cuz if my mom catches me I'll be grounded

Run! I want to do right but the police is chasing me with batons and horses

Run! Say, is it better to rob people with banks and high revenues

Run! What'll happen next? Will there be a trial or an after-party?

Run! I hope to be let free but the prosecutor's moving for jail so

Can you tell me what's happening when safe-deposit boxes and cash change hands?

The big finance's flying between countries while I go to jail for stolen apples

On the airport where the big cheese arrive with high hats and golden teeth

With a capital invested in electoral rolls in order to have further power over the porr man

Hey!

Spoken:

Yes, this is the official break, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters

This is the moment for you to highlight your butts and show that you're humans

And shake them like there wasn't a day tomorrow, like if there were no worries

Hey! I gotta run now, 'cuz if the police catches up on me I'll be thrown into jail now

Hey! No, I can't answer now, but you can call me next week, I might've gone out then