Je leeft maar heel kort, maar een enkele keer
En als je straks anders wilt, kun je niet meer
Mens, durf te leven
Vraag niet elke dag van je korte bestaan:
Hoe hebben m'n pa en m'n opa gedaan?
Hoe doet er m'n neef en hoe doet er m'n vrind?
En wie weet, hoe dat nou de buurman weer vindtà
En wat heeft het fatsoen voorgeschreven?
Mens, durf te leven! De mensen bepalen de kleur van je das
De vorm van je hoed en de snit van je jas
En van je leven
Zij wijzen de paadjes, waarlangs je mag gaan
En roepen "o foei!" als je even blijft staan
Ze kiezen je toekomst, ze kiezen je werk
Ze zoeken een kroeg voor je uit en een kerk
En wat je aan de armen moet geven
Mens, is dat leven? De mensen ze schrijven je leefregels voor
Ze egven je raad en ze roepen in koor:
Zo moet je leven!
Met die mag je omgaan, maar die is te min
Met die moet je trouwen, ook al heb je geen zin
En daar moet je wonen, dat eist het fatsoen
En je wordt genegeerd als je 't anders zou doen
Als had je iets vreselijks misdreven
Mens, is dat leven? Het leven is heerlijk, het leven is mooi
Vlieg uit in de lucht en kruip niet in een kooi
Mens, durf te leven
Je kop in de hoogte, je neus in de wind
En lap aan je laars hoe een ander het vindt
Hou een hart vol van warmte en van liefde in je borst
Maar wees op je vierkante meter een vorst
Wat je zoekt kan geen ander je geven
Mens, durf te leven!
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Sweden and the United States are two countries far from each other, thousands of kilometers separate them, the language, culinary and sporting traditions, I don't feel so categorical about the landscapes, not knowing all of America there may be states that have the same reliefs of the country of northern Europe, but on one thing I am sure
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