Arik Einstein - San Fransico Al Amayim

yoshev besan feransisko al hamayim

Sitting in San Francisco on the water

shotef et haeynayim bechachol uvyarok

Washing my eyes in the blue and green

yafe besan feransisko al hamayim

Beautiful in San Francisco on the water

az eych ze sheani margish rachok

So how is it that I feel so far away

mimul haavazim, shitim beyn hasirot

Across the way the geese drift among the boats

vegesher hazahav yafe kemo baseret

And the Golden Gate is beautiful like in the movies

chaval sheat lo po iti bishvil lirot

Too bad you're not here with me to see it

hayit omeret shemapa at lo chozeret

You would say you could never leave this place

yoshev besan feransisko...

Sitting in San Francisco...

roe et doktor ge'yy korea reshatot

Watching Doctor J tear through the nets

ukrim abedul ga'ber

And Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

nogea bashamayim

Touching the sky

chaval sheat lo po iti bishvil lirot

Too bad you're not here with me to see it

kol kach yafe besan feransisko al hamayim

So beautiful in San Francisco on the water

yoshev besan feransisko...

Sitting in San Francisco...

pitom ani rotza habayta chazara el habeytza

Suddenly I want to go home back to the swamp

lashevet bakasit velitzchok im moshe veim chetzkel

To sit at the Cassit and laugh with Moshe and Hatzkel

ten li chatichat tavor ten li chatichat kineret

Give me a piece of Tabor give me a piece of Kinneret

ani ohev lehitahev beeretz yisrael ketana

I love falling in love with little Israel

chama venehderet

Warm and wonderful

yoshev besan feransisko... x2

Sitting in San Francisco... x2

San Fransico Al Amayim