Valby Bakke [English translation]

I needed to talk, not to speak, just to talk

The way it's done to the west of Valby Hill

The way it's done to the west of Valby Hill

So I turned home, I hitchhiked

Was picked up by the first car with a trailer

The guy offered me a cigarette, and I could just take as I pleased

Until he saw my clothes, asking, "What happened to the color of your eyelids?"

I answered, "It's black like the price of your cigarettes without tax stamps"

Then we began to talk, not speak, just talk

The way it's done to the west of Valby Hill

The way it's done to the west of Valby Hill

But he could see that I was cheating, that I'd dressed up

I was far from the sharpest tool in the shed

He said, "You notice it right away: it's the way you smoke

It's the way you talk, it's how thick your wallet is

Then we began to talk, not speak, just talk

The way it's done to the west of Valby Hill

The way it's done to the west of Valby Hill

We drove by my old school, I showed him my playground

Took him inside my naughty corner, my soccer goal

But he knew everything about me, he was my old homeroom teacher

I almost didn't recognize him; suddenly, I remembered what he wrote in my report card

"You can achieve much if you want to, but what do you want to achieve?"

Then we began to talk...

Then we began to talk, not speak, just talk

The way it's done to the west of Valby Hill

The way it's done to the west of Valby Hill

Yeah, talk, not speak, just talk

The way it's done to the west of Valby Hill

The way it's done to the west of Valby Hill

• Artist:Peter Sommer