Laakso - Rotterdam Here I Come (Mämmilärock, 2007)

Rotterdam here I come
Rotterdam-dam here I come
Rotterdam here I come
Go Rotterdam!

Junabaarin omin käsin matkalla tyhjensin
olin kuullu että Hollanti ois maailman paikoista kaikkein vaarallisin
Perille ku pääsin väsähdin ja nukahdin Rotterdamin asemalle
No tuurii ettei sattunu kuitenkaan mitään pahaa
Hotellissa sanottiin “Ole poika kiitollinen, sun huone on sama
missä vietti Chet Baker yönsä viimeisen.”
“Ja tuo ikkuna on sama mistä se sitten lens”

Rotterdam here I come…

Voi voi voi tää reissu tais alkaa vähän niin ja näin
nyt sais onnentähti kiiltää kirkkaammin täällä pain
Kaupunkia kiersin, katkerana kaduin että koskaan tulinkaan
“Hey where’s the nearest coffee shop here in Rotterdam?”
“It’s one street to the right, two to the left, you come to a square
and it’s there”
Coffee shop oli täynnä englantilaisia huligaaneja
Turistina katsoin kun pojat veti naamaan kaikkea paitsi kahvia
nurkassa istuin ja kyllä mua pelotti

Rotterdam here I come..

Hengästyneenä penkille istuin, viereen tuli vieras mies
Se savuketta tarjos kiitos Luojan se olikin kiltti mies
Onur oli Turkista hassista poltti, halus olla Jim Morrison
Se tiesi kaikesta musiikista kaiken ja halus pelastaa maailman
Se sano “Markus you’re like me, you have no border lines”
“X, Y, Z – what’s the difference? Let’s go to Teheran!”
No miks ei, kun siellä on nyt se Ramadan, Teheran here we come!

Teheran here we come
Teheran-ran here we come
Teheran here we come
Go Teheran!


In English:

Rotterdam here I come
Rotterdam-dam here I come
Rotterdam here I come
Go Rotterdam!

I cleared the train’s bar with my own hands during the trip
I had heard that Holland would be the most dangerous place in the world
When I got there I was tired and fell asleep at Rotterdam’s station
Lucky for me nothing bad happened
In the hotel they said “Son, you should be grateful, your room is
the same one where Chet Baker spent his last night”
“And that window is the same one he jumped off”

Rotterdam here I come..

Oi oi oi I guess this trip didn’t start all that well
Now the lucky star should shine more in this place
I walked around the town and bitterly regretted that I ever came here
“Hey where’s the nearest coffee shop here in Rotterdam?”
“It’s one street to the right, two to the left, you come to a square
and it’s there”

The coffee shop was filled with English hooligans
as a tourist I watched how the boys had everything but coffee
I sat in the corner and I was really scared

Rotterdam here I come..

I was out of breath and sat on a bench, then a strange man sat next to me
He offered me a smoke, thank God, he was a kind man after all
Onur came from Turkey, smoked hashish, wanted to be Jim Morrison
He knew everything about all music and wanted to save the world
He said “Markus you’re like me, you have no border lines”
“X, Y, Z – what’s the difference? Let’s go to Teheran!”
Well why not, the Ramadan is on there, Teheran here we come!

Teheran here we come..