Men Without Hats - Freeways Lyrics
Pre>oh ah oh oh ah ahhhAh ahhhOh ah oh oh ah ahhhAh haaaOn the freeways, freewaysOn the freeways, freewaysOn the freeways,On the freeways,Oh ah oh oh ah ahhhOh ah oh oh ah ahhhOh ah oh oh ah ahhhAmerican radio in your homes and barsIts music to my ears in a foreign carPop radio stars [abba, roxy, t-rex]My seatbelts fastened tight, I feel secureBoth hands upon the wheel, my lifes insuredIf youre feeling low, drivings the cureOh ah oh oh ah ahhhOh ah oh oh ah ahhhOh ah oh oh ah ahhhSpiralkurve - spiral curve 1)Hundert kilometer geschwindigkeit - 100 kph speedRadio m f - radio m fPop musik - pop musicLastwagen vorn - truck in frontEs ist ein uhr - its one oclockChromierte stossstange - chromed bumperJodscheinwerfer - iodine headlights 2)Die nacht verschwindet - the night disappearsIch trete durch - I put the pedal downEs ist drei uhr - its three oclockDrehe nach links - making a left turnEuropa 8 - europa 8 3)Gegen sueden - southboundLeichter nebel - light fog (light opposite to dense)Vorn zollstelle - toll station aheadSchalte zurueck - I retrogradeNiemand da - noone thereBogenlichter 4) - lights aboveRot und blau - red and blueBlinkend - blinkingBin nicht allein - Im not aloneWerde beobachtet - Im observedWerde belauscht - Im overheardEine gerade - a straight laneSpiralkurve - spiral curve 1)Ich trete durch - I put the pedal downGegen sueden - southboundLetzte zollstelle vor der ausfahrt - last toll station before the exitEs ist sechs uhr - it is six oclock/pre>1) this should imho mean s-kurve, because in the french lyrics it isvirage en s which means s turn in english. imho the translator hadEither a bad dictionary or got the meaning of german spiralkurve wrong.German spirale means the same as english spiral which is somethingDifferent.2) this one describes lamps which use iodine gas to produce light. theyreOften used as car headlights. it could also refer to the color of theHeadlights of cars in france, which use yellow headlights.3) this is a road name. europa route 84) could also be oben lichter, which means the same. I never really figuredOut, because ivans french accent while speaking german doesnt give itClearly. :-)There are big similarities to the french lyrics, many of the frenchLines translate to the same english words. at first these words seemedQuite meaningless to me, but imho they describe *great* the feelingsAnd things you have in your head, when youre driving at night.
