A Postcard To Nina

Nina I can be your boyfriend So you can stay with your girlfriend Your father is a sweet old man But it is hard for him to understand that you wanna love a woman Nina i can be your boyfriend if it puts an end to all this nonsens first time i see you in Berlin And you don't tell me anything Until outside your dad's apartment Oh God, Jesus Christ I try to focus on your eyes we're having dinner with your family now keep a steady look at your left eyebrow it it's raised, it means yes, if it's not it means take a guess Hey! you! stop kicking my legs- i'm doning my best can you pass the figgs Your father puts on my record he says so tell me how you met her i get little nerversed and change the subject and put my hand on some metal object he jokes and tells that's a lie detector he takes out the booklet and starts reading so i heard you're moving out next season i say! yeah, New York is nice that time of year almost as green an it is here He says i thought you were moving to Sweden? oh God! what have i done? i came to Berlin to have some fun then it turned into buffalo 456 on your fathers wall a big crucifix guess thats why he wont let you go his catholic heart is big and slow you know i'll do anything for love but Nina what were you thinking of? but Nina i can be your boyfriend So you can stay with your girlfriend Your father is mailing me all the time he says he just wants to say hi i send back "out of office", auto-replies" Nina i just want to check in cause i think about you every second so i send you this postcard just to say don't let anyone stand in your way yours truly. Jens Lekman Don't let anyone stand in your way...