AS LONG AS WE KEEP SINGING, WE AIN'T DEAD
by  JAROMIR  NOHAVICA
  Translated by Jirina Fuchsova, 3/23/1992

Train after train leaves on the quarterhour from
Tesin town
After one sleepless night - even today I'll not be
crashing down
St. Medard, my patron saint, keeps scratching 
his forehead
However, as long as we keep singing, we ain't dead

Some salt sticks and a roll I'm buying at the stand
For love - I have my heart, for songs - I have
my head
The school has taught me well what I should
accomplish yet
However, as long as we keep singing - we ain't dead

My train-ticket collection can surely stand one
more
Seems I just left the station - far is the final
shore
Outside the window life's madly speeding ahead
However, as long as we keep singing - we ain't
dead

Hundred times I have lost, hundred times paid
too much
The rollercoaster screams I think I will not
budge
And even if my body became a vulture's bed
As long as we keep singing - we ain't dead

Train after train - from Tesin town - keep
going everywhere
I just picked up the phone and asked: Is
anyone down there?
I heard from awesome distance - my ears are
ringing yet -
that as long as we keep singing - we ain't dead

  (Czech Original Copyright C by Jaromir Nohavica
   English Translation Copyright C by J. Fuchsova)

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