There was a time When you could count the seconds Until the sun went down And disappeared from the sky There was a time Not long ago The perfect escape From this so-called life I was invincible Between the sheep And undetected Among the alleys More than thousand hours I’ve sacrificed As in obligation For a second home But only in so long As the moon stood high Defined for me An honest deception A mistress for some hours Nothing more than a pastime But sometimes it was more like Pure intoxication…. Hours dissolved into chalices And a boy became a man… The Mertensga**e Never loses his magic spell That was a time Of plain perfection Of blessed promises Of endless nights Looking back with A slight grin From time to time An unknown urge Guides me back Listen to the words That the lamppost speaks Where the cobblestones alone Pave my way back home The glory of the alleys Will stay eternally