Little Boxes / Chlyni Truckli

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1. Little boxes on the hillside,
   little boxes, made of ticky-tacky,
   little boxes, little boxes,
   little boxes all the same;
   there's a green one and a pink one
   and a blue one and a yellow one,
   and they're all made out of ticky-tacky,
   and they all look just the same.
2. And the people in the houses
   all go to the university,
   and they all get put in boxes,
   little boxes all the same.
   And there's doctors, and there's lawyers
   and business executives,
   and they're all made out of ticky-tacky,
   and they all look just the same.
3. And they all play on the golf course
   and drink their Martini dry,
   and the all have pretty little children,
   and the children go to school.
   And the children go to summer camp
   and then go to the university,
   and they all get put in boxes,
   and they all come out the same.
4. And the boys go into business
   and marry and raise a family,
   and they all get put in boxes,
   little boxes all the same.
   There's a green one and a pink one,
   and a blue one and a yellow one,
   and they're all made out of ticky-tacky,
   and they all look just the same.

1. Chlyni Truckli, dert im Grüene,
   chlyni Truckli, gmacht us tygi-tagi,
   chlyni Truckli, chlyni Truckli,
   chlyni Truckli, alli glych.
   Es het wyssi, u’s het bruni,
   teil sy gälb u teil sy vygolett,
   u sy alli gmacht us tygi-tagi,
   u sy alli, alli glych.
2. U die Lüt i däne Truckli,
   die sy alli a der Uni gsy,
   u dert het me se i chlyni Truckli tah,
   si sy use cho, alli glych.
   Es het Tökter u Juriste,
   Presidänte vo Verwaltigsrät,
   u sy alli gmacht us tygi-tagi,
   u sy alli, alli glych.
3. U-n am Samsti spiele’s Tennis,
   u denn sufe’s e Martini Sec,
   u denn hei sy chlyni Chinder,
   u die Chinder, die göh i Schuel.
   U die Chinder, die göh i d’Pfadi
   u später a d Universität,
   u dert tuet me se i chlyni Truckli,
   wenn si use chöme, sy si glych.
4. U der Suh, dä stygt i ds Gschäft y,
   het e Frou u wenn’s ihm passt zwöi Chind,
   u die boue neui Truckli,
   gmacht us tygi-tagi, alli glych.
   U de schrybe si ihres Testamänt,
   u de treit me se-n em Friedhof zue,
   u me leit se i chlyni Truckli,
   gmacht us tygi-tagi, alli glych.

T&M: Malvina Reynolds. Q: Liederbuch

T: Adrian Linder. M: Malvina Reynolds. Q: Anderi Lieder