כל החלומות תפוסים [Kol Hachalomot Tfusim] [English translation]

I remember the green fence

I remember the old neighborhood

The stairwell after school

With the smell of the best food in the world

I remember the latchkey kids1 with a key around their neck

That never fell off

And parents who work late

To bring the food

I remember the names, the teasing and the beating

The kids from elementary school

The first "Double Cassette" stereo, slow dance in the classroom

Carmit who didn't give a crap about me

I remember the old synagogue by the community center

On Saturdays and holidays

Georgians, Tunisians, arak and sunflower seeds

And God above

On the old bicycle I ride through all that I remember

Pictures running fast and you, tell me you

Can you stay? I promise not to get attached

Pictures running fast

I remember the talking, missing babies2

For years they never wrote anything in the newspapers

My parents that immigrated in the 70's

Never imagined The Jews' State this way

I remember the crony capitalism3

I remember proud fathers and mothers who only wished for equality

I remember the election, the crack in the dream

But I most remember Begin4 who brought us peace

On the old bicycle I ride through all that I remember

Pictures running fast and you, tell me you

Can you stay? I promise not to get attached

Pictures running fast, pictures running fast

I remember you as a Girl Scout in a group in Holon

Doesn't smoke, sing at ceremonies

And when we woke up the neighbors between Saturday and Sunday

I still had a relationship

Years later, you don't want to grow

Rebelling against everything and looking for thrills

You served me all the slogans to eat, you said that:

"Honey, all dreams are taken5"

All dreams are taken

1. A child who returns from school to an empty home, or a child who is often left at home with little parental supervision, because their parent or parents are away at work.2. "The Yemenite Children Affair" was the possible disappearance of hundreds of babies and toddlers of new immigrants to the newly founded state of Israel, mainly from Yemen, between the years 1948 to 1954. Most cases involved the parents being told in the hospital that their newborn children had died, although they never received additional reliable information about their fates.3. An economic system in which family members and friends of government officials and business leaders are given unfair advantages in the form of jobs, loans, etc.4. The 6th Prime Minister of Israel who's most significant achievement was the signing of a peace treaty with Egypt in 1979.5. I believe this means, "All the dreams are already taken, so what can I dream about? Anything that I can dream about is already someone else's dream."

• Artist:Dudi Bar David