Bli som far (engl.) Lyrics

In Your Father's Footsteps

If you're to do as well as me, my son,
You'll learn to slip and slide with each new trend.
Think of which side your bread is buttered on,
Smile at your boss as if he was your friend.
And if your efforts to control yourself succeed,
Then, like your dad's, your career will be successful,
And like your dad, when things got kind of stressful,
Your can get pills for your ulcers when they bleed.


There's nothing free of charge in life, my son.
You have to pay for every step you take.
Ideals are fine when you are twenty-one,
But they're no use to a man who's on the make.
Play as your dad has played his whole life through
The bosses' game, and force yourself to bear it,
So that one happy day you can inherit
My house and money, and my neurosis too.

Swallow your pride and never make a fuss
When you're insulted, cheated or betrayed
There is a pharmacy not far from us
Well-stocked with stuff to take the pain away.
What dad became is what you're going to be,
The road I took is there for you to follow.
Where I was yesterday, you'll be tomorrow,
Riding the same rough tide that carried me.

Swallow your pride, don't grumble if you lose
Against the ones with power to keep you down.
Our free democracy means you can choose
Your favourite way of being pushed around.
What I became is what you're going to be,
The road I took is there for you to follow.
Where I was yesterday, you'll be tomorrow,
Riding the same rough tide that carried me.