[Intro] Det var en gång för länge länge sen en liten söderkis, en störig en Jag såg världen på mitt eget vis [Verse in English] in the late eighties and early nighties stockholm had some hectic nights see cold war ending, political warfare and no trenches, prime minister gunned down in his prime the "A-team" on the benches in the park, what a time to grow up what a time to be alive, "A" as in Alcoholics might throw up, racial violence in the streets, kosher butcher on my block, every weekend, like a clock, nazi skins broke his window, what the fuck! [refräng in English] "The bear garden" it was my hood, my spot, one evening was enough, I was hooked, passion so hot, we made friends for life and for the night, it was the nighties and it felt so damn right. [Verse in English] I learnt all the wrong things In school, knew both brown kids who went there to, and we were cool or as cool as I knew to be, damn I was a fool rose tinted memories sting bittersweet hard times, but I'd take 'em' back in a heartbeat. these days the nazis wear a suit and tie They deny their history, I wonder why [refräng in English] "The bear garden" it was my hood, my spot, one evening was enough, I was hooked, passion so hot, we made friends for life and for the night, it was the nighties and it felt so damn right. [Verse på svenska] en gång va ja en färsking i Katarina församling, nu e jag väl mer en bitter gamling fyrti-fyrans kängpunkare gav igen på skinn-bulor nasse-runkare fick smaka Doctor Martin-sulor å det var aldrig nån som sett nått fan nittitalet va rätt rått men röda söderhjärtan höll oss varma när rassarna fick känna karma i sina kulor [refräng in English] "The bear garden" it was my hood, my spot, one evening was enough, I was hooked, passion so hot, we made friends for life and for the night, it was the nighties and it felt so damn right. [Verse på svenska] gick på scout-möten, i staden mellan broarna allt kunde gått i stöpet om ja inte haft ron av att ledaren med järnhanden hette Rita hon garantera ordning man kunde lita på i världen som va så svår att förstå sen när Elsa rocka rappen på lägerbålet jag va så seg å fatta, nu ser jag det målet har klättrat ur hålet, hör segervrålet. "The bear garden" it was my hood, my spot, one evening was enough, I was hooked, passion so hot, we made friends for life and for the night, it was the nighties and it felt so damn right. Björnsan, Svartmangatan, gaffel-gränd , i Lov-ö-skogen, på grabb kaféet och goda öl-krogen, där e jag välkänd, The beer garden, this is my hood, my spot, we make friends for life and for the night, just like in the nighties and it feels so damn right. my hood, my spot, my hood, my spot, my hood, my spot, rose tinted memories sting bittersweet hard times, but I'd have 'em' back in a heartbeat. my friends for life it was the nighties and it felt so right
