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The Race of Life - Sarit Hadad merots hakhayim - sarit khadad מרוץ החיים - שרית חדד
Why does everyone pressure me (lit.: make it hot for me here) lama kulam osim li po kham למה כולם עושים לי פה חם
Make me run [around], [this] feels stressing gormim li laruts, margish li lakhuts גורמים לי לרוץ, מרגיש לי לחוץ
The race of life, [at the age of] thirty, forty merots hakhayim, shloshim, arba'im מרוץ החיים, שלושים, ארבעים
At this age one needs to be financially secure begil kaze tsarikh lihiyot mesudarim בגיל כזה צריך להיות מסודרים
But I don't have time, I want to go to the beach (lit.: sea)ve'ein li zman, ani rotsa lalekhet layamואין לי זמן, אני רוצה ללכת לים
Just because I want to lie down on the hot sand stam ki ba li lishkav al hakhol hakham סתם כי בא לי לשכב על החול החם
Not to think too much, maybe [just] watch the birds [fly] lo lakhshov yoter midai lehabit betsiporim ulai לא לחשוב יותר מדי להביט בציפורים אולי
I'm not up to (lit.: it's a bit too big on me) living a life that's too organizedze ktsat gadol alai, khayim mesudarim midaiזה קצת גדול עלי, חיים מסודרים מדי
Travel in time, [and] when the time is almost up (lit.: when the clock's Little Hand…nosa'at bazman kshehamakhog hakatanנוסעת בזמן כשהמחוג הקטן
…approaches the digit), I look in the mirror mitkarev lasifra ani mebita bamar'a מתקרב לספרה אני מביטה במראה
The race of life, [at the age of] thirty, forty, and everyone says merots hakhayim, shloshim, arba'im vekhulam omrimמרוץ החיים, שלושים, ארבעים וכולם אומרים
At this age one needs to be financially secure begil kaze tsarikh lihyot mesudarim בגיל כזה צריך להיות מסודרים
But I don't have time, I want to go to the beach (lit.: sea)ve'ein li zman, ani rotsa lalekhet layam ואין לי זמן, אני רוצה ללכת לים
Just because I want to lie down on the hot sand stam ki ba li lishkav al hakhol hakham סתם כי בא לי לשכב על החול החם
Not to think too much, maybe [just] watch the birds [fly] lo lakhshov yoter midai lehabit betsiporim ulaiלא לחשוב יותר מדי להביט בציפורים אולי
I'm not up to (lit.: it's a bit too big on me) living a life that's too organizedze ktsat gadol alai, khayim mesudarim midaiזה קצת גדול עלי, חיים מסודרים מדי
Be networked, be happy tihye mekushar, tihye me'ushar תהיה מקושר, תהיה מאושר
Be reasonable, it's way cooler tihye shakul, ze harbe yoter kul תהיה שקול, זה הרבה יותר קול
Lose weight, it'll be easy tered bamishkal, yihye lekha kal תרד במשקל, יהיה לך קל
Be like everybody else, don't stand out (lit.: don't be exceptional)tihye kmo kulam al tetse min haklal תהיה כמו כולם אל תצא מן הכלל
Because you don't have time, you don't have time ki ein lekha zman, ein lekha zman כי אין לך זמן, אין לך זמן
But I don't have time, I want to go to the beach (lit.: sea)ve'ein li zman, ani rotsa lalekhet layamואין לי זמן, אני רוצה ללכת לים
Just because I want to lie down on the hot sand stam ki ba li lishkav al hakhol hakham סתם כי בא לי לשכב על החול החם
Not to think too much, maybe [just] watch the birds [fly]lo lakhshov yoter midai lehabit betsiporim ulaiלא לחשוב יותר מדי להביט בציפורים אולי
I'm not up to (lit.: it's a bit too big on me) living a life that's too organizedze ktsat gadol alai, khayim mesudarim midaiזה קצת גדול עלי, חיים מסודרים מדי
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