HEJ GAMLE MAN

Han står på torget varje dag
en vänlig gammal man
hans hår är lite grånat
under  mössans röda band
Med blanka knappar i sin rock
och bössan i sin hand
Han vet nog gänska väl
vad vi vill fråga om ibland

Hej gamle man
Kan du visa oss den väg som vi ska gå
För att få komma dit
som vi vill nå
Hej gamle man
Kanske är det vi som gör nå't fel ändå
Du har ju allt som vi
har svårt att få

Han verkar kanske trött ibland
Vem skulle väl rå med
att lysa upp en väg för nå'n
som aldrig kunnat se
Men trots att han har stått där nu
i alla dessa år
så verkar det på honom
som han kommit dit igår

HELLO OLD MAN

He stands in the square every day
a friendly old man
There is a touch of grey in his hair
under the red ribbon of his hat
With shiny buttons on his coat
and the donation can in his hand*
He probably knows real well
What we sometimes want to ask about

Hello old man
Can you show us which way to go
to get to the place
we would like to reach
Hello old man
Perhaps we are the ones
making some kind of mistake
You obviously have everything
that we have a hard time getting

Sometimes he seems a little tired
but who could manage
to light up a way for someone
who has never been able to see
But although he has been standing there
for all these years
it seems to him
that he got there yesterday

*red ribbon,donation can refers to Salvation Army