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veshavua acharey shavua hem nigenu al pi lucha
And week after week they played on schedule
paam achat beir zara ufaam bakefar
Once in a strange city and once in a village
alu al habama, shotfu kemo yam, noshvu kemo rucha
They climbed the stage, swept like the sea, blew like the wind
nitzotz echad madlik medurat hatzlacha
One spark ignites a bonfire of success
uvotah shana heveti lecha taklit
And that same year I brought you a record
gevarim osim devarim kelal lo hegyoniyim
Men do things that aren't logical at all
halahaka milea martef batachana hamerkazit
The band filled a basement at the central station
milenu et harosh bachalomot pigziyim
We filled our heads with explosive dreams
ani kelal lo batucha shepaam ze kara lanu
I'm not at all sure it ever happened to us
hakol kemo seret sheeyno chayim, kemo of dimyoni
Everything like a movie that isn't life, like an imaginary bird
hayu lanu baahava shelanu regaim banaliyim
We had in our love some banal moments
bamilchamot hayu lanu kama nidonim
In the wars we had a few condemned
rak az beyom shishi hirgashnu tzorech lirkod, aval
Only then on Friday we felt the need to dance, but
"eyfo rokdim?" shaalta oti
"Where do we dance?" you asked me
batachana hamerkazit, betoch martef mechurban
At the central station, inside a ruined basement
nishma otam az yishaver lanu halev lirsisim
We'll hear them then our hearts will shatter to pieces
hem nigenu ze hakol, lamadnu et haketzev
They played that's all, we learned the beat
shelosha yamim betoch martef harus kemo sede kerav
Three days inside a ruined basement like a battlefield
sham lamadnu lirkod, ki asur haya beveyt hasefer
There we learned to dance, because it was forbidden in school
rakadnu ad shemishehu yipol al birkayv
We danced until someone falls to their knees
ad shemishehu yargish keev
Until someone feels pain
ad shemishehu yagid ani kam veozev
Until someone says I'm getting up and leaving
shenot hashishim hitnafnefu lahem kemo hakuku shelecha barucha
The sixties fluttered like your bangs in the wind
mehatichon lisde hakerav, misham leeyze beer meruchak
From high school to the battlefield, from there to some distant well
ani yoshev sofer esrim shana, rakdan patzua
I sit counting twenty years, a wounded dancer
merov yeush, merov chidot, merov af echad
From so much despair, so many riddles, so much nobody
veshana acharey shana heveti lecha taklit
And year after year I brought you a record
kemo matana ketana bimkom lemor milim
Like a small gift instead of saying words
halahaka nigena sham ad shehashotrim omru: "maspik"
The band played there until the cops said: "Enough"
ad shehalev shelanu sham nishbar lirsisim
Until our hearts there were shattered to pieces
hem nigenu ze hakol, lamadnu et haketzev
They played that's all, we learned the beat
shelosha yamim betoch martef harus kemo sede kerav
Three days inside a ruined basement like a battlefield
sham lamadnu lirkod, ki asur haya beveyt hasefer
There we learned to dance, because it was forbidden in school
rakadnu ad shemishehu yipol al birkayv
We danced until someone falls to their knees
ad shemishehu yargish keev
Until someone feels pain
ad shemishehu yagid ani kam veozev
Until someone says I'm getting up and leaving
ani kam veozev balayla, kapot betoch piga'ma
I get up and leave at night, barefoot in pajamas
gam bekitsh yesh shemetz shel emet, hakol holech
Even in kitsch there's a hint of truth, everything goes
ani mashir lach et habayit, et halev hisharti sham
I leave you the house, I left my heart there
shavur lirsisim, mutal, leyad libecha
Broken to pieces, lying, beside your heart
hem nigenu ze hakol, lamadnu et haketzev
They played that's all, we learned the beat
shelosha yamim betoch martef harus kemo sede kerav
Three days inside a ruined basement like a battlefield
lamadnu lirkod, ki asur haya beveyt hasefer
We learned to dance, because it was forbidden in school
rakadnu ad shemishehu yipol al birkayv
We danced until someone falls to their knees
ad shemishehu yargish keev
Until someone feels pain
ad shemishehu yagid ani kam veozev
Until someone says I'm getting up and leaving
hem nigenu ze hakol, lamadnu et haketzev
They played that's all, we learned the beat
shelosha yamim betoch martef harus kemo sede kerav
Three days inside a ruined basement like a battlefield
lamadnu lirkod, ki asur haya beveyt hasefer
We learned to dance, because it was forbidden in school
rakadnu ad shemishehu yipol al birkayv
We danced until someone falls to their knees
ad shemishehu yargish keev
Until someone feels pain
ad shemishehu yagid ani kam veozev
Until someone says I'm getting up and leaving
ani kam veozev (hem nigenu ze hakol
I get up and leave (they played that's all
shelosha yamim beretzetz) ani kam veozev
Three days in a row) I get up and leave
balayla (hem nigenu ze hakol shelosha yamim beretzef)
At night (they played that's all three days in a row)
ani kam veozev balayla
I get up and leave at night
(hem nigenu ze hakol shelosha yamim beretzef)
(They played that's all three days in a row)
ani kam veozev balayla
I get up and leave at night
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