Swedish song. Wrong or right. Yes or no. About a political view with just two options.  Words ,music Håkan Wikell

Bearbetad Ja eller Nej

Ja Eller Nej (Yes or no)

Fågel

A song about choosing the brighter side of life - learn to appreciate
all the good thing life brings to you. The song is sung in swedish. Here is an english translation (non-poetic)

NOW ITS TIME

Now it's time to give up
all old thoughts
as just grind and grind
and leads nowhere

Now it's time to let in
all that valuable
which is there everywhere
and waiting for a chance

Now it's time to give up
to dare to let go
about what pulls me down
and gets me off balance

Now it's time to let in
what I took for granted
which many do not have
they wish it existed

Now it's time to give up
that which only grieves
and swirls around and around
it takes me nowhere

Now it's time to let in
The good life
to teach me to see
that it is there somewhere

Nu är det dags words and music Håkan Wikell Picture: Håkan Wikell

Words and music: Håkan Wikell, A swedish singer and songwriter

The song is about a man who lives under pseudonym on social medias. He insert a contact ad describing himself as good looking, adventures and rich. Life becomes easier until the day when he no longer remembers his own real name.

A rough translation from swedish

Under the pseudonym
I have had a whole new life
Under the pseudonym
I can take big steps
Now I can feel free to do what I want  
without being seen as imbecill

Under the pseudonym
I become more attractive
under the pseudonym
I can lie about my life
I am dating on the computer's big network
I steal an image and pretend to be rich

Under the pseudonym
my life becomes an adventure
under the pseudonym
beyond all boring duties
I do not want to live like as an ascetic
nice to have a new identity

Under the pseudonym
I can cross every limit
under the pseudonym
without any consequence
I close the door for every realist
I fumbled but finally found my way

Under the pseudonym
I have had a last chance
under the pseudonym
harvests success at a distance
from the storms of the sea to a safe harbor
I've even forgotten my own name

Under Pseudonym

A poem by the Swedish author Annika Burholm (1939-2014) . I wrote the music.

Lyssna Till Dina Drömmar = listen to your dreams

A famous poem by the Swedish author (1921-1954). It´s about dying.
Maybe Dagermans farewell poem since he commited suicide not long after writing it. Dagerman wrote daily satirical verses for the paper Arbetaren. He wrote four novels and drama. His plays have become very popular in France.

The Swedish Lyrics:

HÖST  (music by Håkan Wikell) If you like my music check upp "You tube Håkan Wikell samtliga sånger" - aplaylist with 450 songs(!)

Hur fort blir lönnarna gula 
Som lyser vår vandring i parken.
Att dö är att resa en smula 
från grenen till fasta marken.

Hur smal blir den gyllene strimman
som bådar att dagen skall randas.
Det klämtar en spårvagn i dimman,
och luften blir tung att andas.

Hur snart blir kinderna vita.
Så kyss dem med läppar av vatten.
Se, måsarna textar med krita
en dikt i den svarta natten

Hur snart står poplarna höga
och nakna med svärta i strecken.
Att dö är helt enkelt att snöga
Som löv i den muntra bäcken

Stig Dagerman.

Höst

Words & Music by Håkan Wikell   A song about a young woman who doesn´t fit in. She tries to be appreciated by being kind all the time. But she fins her way and escape.

Swedish lyrics:

Tjejen som ville för mycket
kom från ett enkelt hem
Tidigt fick hon lära sig
att hon bara var en av dem,
Jantelagen rungade
och skammen i varenda vrå
Hon lärde sig tidigt smyga
hon lärde sig gå på tå

Tjejen som ville för mycket
var föga populär
Hon hade inte detta
som gör att en man blir kär
Hon lärde sig kompensera
med att alltid vara snäll
När dom andra gick tillsammans 
satt hon ensam varje kväll

Tjejen som ville för mycket
det blev hennes epitet
Hon hade så vackra drömmar
som hon bar i hemlighet
Det var till henne man gick
för att låna en slant eller två
Hon vågade inte säga nej
det kunde man lätt förstå

Tjejen som ville för mycket
en dag hade hon fått nog
Hon försvann med sin magra packning
det sägs att hon bara drog
Ingen visste vart hon tog vägen
ingen visste var hon fanns
Kanske hittade hon ett bättre liv
långt bort någon annanstans

Tjejen Som Ville För Mycket  Words & Music by Håkan Wikell

This is a song I wrote a bit inspired by Tom Waits.It´s a blues about Qurantine life. I´ve written almost fivehundrasånger, all of them you can find at "You tube Håkan Wikell Samtliga sånger" Welcome to pay a visit. Some of the songs is instrumentals, others have other singers than me. Some of them has my own words and music and some of them has my music to other people´s poetry. Here is every musical style represented.

Here is the lyric to "In the Qurantine"


The TV-set broke, ain´t that just a joke
the floor is clean, the books are all read now

Haven´t heard from Grandma, haven´t heard from Grandpa
I hope they´re doin´well somehow

What is goin´on out there, nothings goin on in here
in the quarantine, in the qurantine
IN THE QUARANTINE

Nothin´bud bad news, they´re givin´us the blues
I try to keep the volume down now

Nobody´s talking, nobody´s walking
my town is just so very quiet now

What is goin´on out there, nothings goin on in here
in the quarantine, in the qurantine
IN THE QUARANTINE

In The Quantine Karantänblues

A song from my demo-CD "Satirical swing"
By mistake I opened the door for a politician I don´t like

Jag Öppnade Dörren För Bert Karlsson

Singer, songwriter, musician, authour and painter. Used to live in Umea until october 2017 when he returned to the south of Seden. Now he lives in Kivik, Österlen surrounded by an incredible nature.

Håkan Wikell

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