'Svarta Änkan' (Black Widow).

You walk around like a drooling zombie
Enchanted actually, terrible to see
There was a time when you seemed reasonable
able is everything that's left of that (Gustav's note: ok, so this line you could not translate)
Just like the dance of the Tarantula
You walk around in trance
Into her web

Oh, Caramba! I'll take a siesta- yes, I lean back
Oh, Caramba! I'll take a siesta - it's gone totally wrong
She is like the Black Widow - eat you up bite by bite
So caramba, I'll take a siesta, cause now you've fallen totally

She is the black widow

Oh la la la, she has a carisma hot like fire
Your beneath is your brain
You know as well as I, she is treacherous och false
But what is that put next to her devastating charm
Just like the dance of the Tarantula
You walk around in trance
Into her web

Oh, Caramba...

translated by ABBAMAILer Gustav Sandberg, Stockholm, Sweden

(Avundsjuk) Jealousy
(from the CD Cirkus Homosapiens)
(translation by Gustav Sandberg and Grant Whittingham)

You have always got such a disgusting luck, an unerring flow
Myself, I have to hold my own through excessive boasting
Why do you always get everything that both you and I want to have
And why will I need to pretend to be happy
It is said so generously that beauty always comes from within
To say something so stupid, it feels like a mockery
Why is it so few who fall for me?
That you are so good looking, it disgusts me
I want to have, I want to have, I want to have, have, have - For I am

Jealous, I am so jealous -
There is so much I need
Men and lots of dough -
Jealous, I am so jealous

You are supposed to share and tell everything as friends
But I never admit how I really feel
You are in love with yourself and lazy and not at all intelligent
But every time we see each other you tell me something positive has happened
You get a hug, I say that it pleases me so for your sake
For the truth only comes out when I am drunk
But when I wake up the next day I deny everything
And feel ashamed and say; I don't remember what I said
A truth not entirely true to say the least
I want to have, I want to have, I also want to have - For I am

Jealous, I am so jealous
There is so much I need -
Men, friends, travel, dough
Jealous, I am so jealous

You are superficial and so selfish, but who cares about that
Cause if you wave with your little finger the men queue up
At the least little setback you break down
I listen and console, but smile within

Jealous, I am so jealous -
There is so much I need -
Beauty, love, friends, dough-
Jealous, I am so jealous

SKAM (Shame)
(from the CD Alla Mina Ansikten)
(Translation by Sammy Irving, USA)

We all believe we ourselves know what is wrong and right
And we stand there in a crowd and point an angry finger at
Those who do not follow our morals and standard levels
But ourselves we always want to be understood
And say: I am only human

Shame, shame the shame controls our lives
We shall be ashamed, ashamed
Shame shame, the shame controls our lives
We want to be laughed with but not laughed at

We are scared of being called unsuccessful, a nerd or an idiot
For no-one wants "loser" stamped on his forehead
For then there stands the mob roaring "ha ha ha"
So many, it tries to reassure us as it should be
But I promise that someone will still be talking crap

Shame, shame, the shame controls our lives
We worry ourselves so, yes, what everyone else shall believe
And be discreet and silent, so our neighbours avoid looking
We quickly learn that we shouldn't stand out
Because if you do, you can count on being left out in the cold in the end

The priest says "love others as you love yourself"
But if you don't follow their rules you may go to hell

Shame, shame, the shame controls our lives

In one of her most powerful lyrics, Nanne examines her relationship with her alcoholic mother. This is an incredibly emotional journey for Nanne. She asked her mother for permission to record this song and it was given.

In this translation by ABBAMAILer Sammy Irving, you can understand just a little of why Nanne has grown into the incredibly strong force that she is today. And why she is so determined that her children will always come first, no matter what.

When it comes to the eternal decision of family versus career, it was no decision for Nanne - her family is her #1 priority in life.

Hatar, Älskar (Hating, Loving)
(from the CD Alla Mina Ansikten)

Now you are phoning to terrorize me again
Everything's the same, even though I am 35
Irrespective of as a child or as a grown-up
I have been a mum to my mother

Have begged you, but you still call, drunk
You slur "I am sober, I swear"

Lies, lies, always lies, damn!

The drugs have turned you into a compulsive liar
I am tired of forgiving, I am tired of understanding
I am tired of you splitting me in two

Hating, loving
Loving, hating

I can't take anymore

What is happening is craziness
Your excuse is all the anxiety you have
And everything that has happened in your days
You hate what others did to you
But yet you do the same to me

I am so tired of all the tears, of crying almost all the time
Because you have caused the chaos in my life

Hating, loving...

You state that I am your reason for living
But you suck all the strength out of me

Split, split, psycho, yes

To be torn between love and hate
One should always love both mother and father
Irrespective of what they do to their children

Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit, I say

Mutual respect should be the law

Hating, loving...

I am tired of forgiving, I am tired of understanding
I am tired of you splitting me in two