Torkel Ravndal - deLillos

Jeg kjente ham ikke igjen han var blitt eldre

Med kjede rundt halsen og treningsdress i stars’n stripes

Steg ut av sin gamle amerikaner skulle ikke fylle bare se seg om

Han parkerte snart rett ved og satt og så ut en lang stund

Så så snill ut som en gammel og herreløs hund

Og på brystet hans kunne vi skimte noen bokstaver

Jeg tenkte kan det virkelig være sant?

Vi måtte spørre noen om det stemte at han virkelig het

Og de som jobbet der de kjente ham godt sa han vanker her

Og vi var meget imponert

For der satt Torkel Ravndal

Engang den beste i europa

Torkel Ravndal

Fra den gang vi satt foran tv’n og kopa

Med et stønn løftet han et tonn

Og etterpå sa han at formen var på bånn

Men ny rekord og sånn er det med det og nå går det mye bedre

Vi dro videre og jeg hadde en klump i halsen

Og du spurte meg ut om hvem han var og jeg forklarte alt

En levende legende fra syttitallet

Hvorfor hilste du ikke på ham da sa du

Jeg sa noe kjekt om respekt og om ærefrykt og sånn

Men jeg angret lenge etterpå for jeg skulle gjerne hilst på ham og sagt

Hei du!

Torkel Ravndal

Engang var du den beste i europa

Torkel Ravndal mens vi satt der foran tv’n og kopa

Med et stønn løftet du et tonn

Og etter på sa du at formen var på bånn

Men ny rekord og sånn er det med det og nå går det mye bedre

I did not recognize him, he had grown older

With a necklace around the neck and a tracksuit in stars’n stripes

Stepping out of his old American should not fill just look around

He soon parked right next to it and sat and looked for a long time

So kind as an old and stray dog

And on his chest we could see some letters

I thought can it really be true?

We had to ask someone if it was true that his real name was

And those who worked where they knew him well said he frequents here

And we were very impressed

Because there sat Torkel Ravndal

Even the best in Europe

Torkel Ravndal

From the time we sat in front of the TV and copa

With a groan he lifted a ton

And afterwards he said that the form was on hold

But a new record and that's the way it is and now things are much better

We went on and I had a lump in my throat

And you asked me who he was and I explained everything

A living legend from the seventies

Why did you not greet him then you said

I said something nice about respect and awe and such

But I regretted it long afterwards because I would like to greet him and say

Hey you!

Torkel Ravndal

You were once the best in Europe

Torkel Ravndal while we sat there in front of the TV and copa

With a moan you lifted a ton

And after that you said that the shape was on ban

But a new record and that's the way it is and now things are much better