1948

Outside the wind howls around the house
But the heater's humming at four
There's a rag over the mailbox
And in the drafty cracks, there's paper
We were really poor and nobody loved us
But we had tea and no TV
But we had radio and long fingers

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We still took baths, hair all wet
Just a bit longer, until Dad said: "Alright, time for bed"
Then we got a hot water bottle
Faces on the wallpaper
But not really scared inside
Back then, happiness was pretty normal

Outside the wind howls around the house
But Mom's knitting a warm scarf
And the game of goose on the table
Was still there the next morning
We also went to the woods
Where we got lost
Got off track, made a career
Forgot all about that pancake taste

And the Netherlands rose again under Drees
Fanny Blankers-Koen won four golds in London
If you lied, that was a shame
The jigsaw puzzle was complete
In the third year of peace
Back then, happiness was pretty normal

That school bag turned out to be the first sign
That things were being looked at
As far as you lived your life
Without a sense of decorum, you lived your life, you lived your life

Outside the wind howls around the house
But inside the coal bin was ready
And the sidewalk where we played marbles
Was the most important part of the street
And the Netherlands was great and nobody was dying anymore
And coziness hardly knew time
By candlelight from Verkade

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