Lyckliga gatan - Anna-Lena Löfgren video

Min video till Anna-Lena Löfgrens (1 maj 1944 -21 maj 2010) hit från 1967, med gamla foton och vykort från hela Sverige. Många av miljöerna är borta idag. Swedish singer Anna-Lena Löfgren's (May 1, 1944 - May 21, 2010) hit from 1967 about the happy street where she grew up and the demolition of old buildnings in the 1960's. (Many city centres in Sweden were completely demolished and modernized during the 1960's and 1970's) The video shows old postcards from Swedish towns. The following text is my own translation of the lyrics and it is not official. It is translated word by word and does not fit in to the melody. THE HAPPY STREET The memories often come to me, Now its all gone, I can't believe it Gone is the house where the ivy grew Gone is the gate where we used to hang-around You Happy Street, every day you heard our noises Once there was roses where a town now quickly is growing Happy Street you are no more, You are gone and so are your blocks The games and the songs have silenced The concrete stands high above the ground It was all changed when I came back, Stepped on, ruined, damaged and desecrated Will, one day, a song rise between these high buildnings Just as wonderful and nice as the one we once heard Yes, all is gone and thats the way it is, Still, I dont want to believe That my idyll, that everyone wants to forget Now is a dream I once dreamed All is gone, the house and the linden And my friends scatter in the wind Happy Street, its time that passes here And ...