HERE I COME

Here I comeHiney ani ba – בא הנה אני

Jerusalem - city that’s worth a bomb

Walk down the street feels like the ingathering of the exiles

1000 culturesEveryone has a brother and 9

sisters

Arabs – okay (beseder)Haredim in the Heder

And everyone picks up God on the radio

After Teddy Jerusalem declined fast

Day by day Tel Aviv shone brighter

Friends left or got close to the creator of the

Grey skiesBoring

No seaside

Thoughts of leaving

Took me three years to make the decision

Pack my stuff in the suitcaseFrom the village to the city

Going down…

Tel Aviv – Here I come! – Hiney Ani Ba!

I’m on my way – בא אני !הנהI’ve come to sweat – Hiney Ani

Ba!Because you’re the only one I

swear

Set off along the coast

What a shock I’m about to get

And now I’m finally in Tel Aviv

Become part of the scenery

Everything’s fresh and that’s good

Wow! How many breasts!Burnt my eyes

After two years of Sodom and Gemorrah

Don’t recognise myself in the mirror

I know mingle blend and hang with the owners of all the

discosNow that I’m ‘in’ realise it’s

not all glamour

So much noiseSo much soot

Give me lawns Give me a tree

All day spent on hello, shalom

The rent, money, the crazy humidity

Then I get itI had paradise in my hands

Thoughts of leaving

Took me three years to make the decision

Pack my sins in the suitcaseFrom the city to the village

In the direction of

Jerusalem – Here I come – Hiney Ani Ba!

Return to you – בא אני !הTo thy walls – Hiney Ani Ba!For you are the only one I

swear

Returned to Jerusalem Here the hummous is good for

sure Give me calm give me quiet

A bit of a yawn will do no harm

When was the last time I stuck a note in the Kotel?

Put time into cooking?Made new friends?

This city will give me back some control over my life

Blend in with myself instead of diluting water

Breathe in mountain airAs clear as wine

Yalla Betar!Yalla village life!The key is to be

happy

Here I come….

Tel Aviv – Here I come! – Hiney Ani Ba!

I’m on my way – בא אני !הנהI’ve come to sweat – Hiney Ani

Ba!Because you’re the only one I

swear