Heideroosjes - Radical Fortune lyrics

rate me

Far before you were born, your daddy already yelled the same words

When your granddad burned his ideals to the ground

Your mammy screamed: “I'm not raising children in this society”

Luckily your dad knew to impede that

Daddy, he was radical, fought against the system

Now he has his own house and a car with no-claim

Mammy was a hippy, she wore flowers in her hair

Now she's in the rotary, eating caviar(*1)

Upon the barricade, he and all the others

They screamed louder than each other, the world needed to change

Give us authority and everything shall be better!

And indeed, right now it's still shit

He says: “You must study, you'll get a great job then”

He says: “A suit with a tie wouldn't be misplaced”

But I say: “Here me out daddy, there more than just money

A suit with fake smile, I cut right through that”

And even your granddad didn't want to be like his dad

But a couple of years later he sat on the lawn with his six children

Grandma yelled: “Equal rights for Dutch women!”

But then married a guy who couldn't keep his hands home

Maybe I'll be raising children in this fucked up society

And I will take my own little garden for on Saturdays

Maybe I'll take a job from 8 till 5

Or I'll become a topdog at a stupid fucking company