Tell Me You're Joking

He couldn't believe
What his mama said
They put him in their car and he got scared
She looked at him in a such a painful way
Oh please mama
Don't torture me this way

She held him close
And tears fell down
He thought of the words she'd said
Your father is gone

Oh no, this cannot be
My father would never leave me
So tell me you're joking, mama

She said he didn't suffer
Because he was drunk
But how could she know
She wasn't there when he sunk

Oh no, this cannot be
My father would never leave me
So tell me you're joking, mama

He thought he would accept it
As time passed by
But still there are moments
When he has to cry
He feels his father should have been there
Through the years
But he'll always send him love
Through thoughts
And through tears

Oh no, this cannot be
My father would never leave me
So tell me you're joking, mama



Lars Halapi: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, tambourine
Heinz Liljedahl: acoustic guitar & backing vocals
Peter Forss: bass
Peter Korhonen: drums
Kajsa William Olsson: Cello
Ann Christin Wingård: Viola
Fredrik Burstedt: Violin
Martin Stensson: Violin
String arrangement by Peter Forss

Produced & arranged by Lars Halapi.
Co-produced by Patrik Sventelius.
Recorded by Pontus Olsson at Atalantic Studios, Stockholm & Christoffer Stannow at Sony Studios, Stockholm.
Mixed by Pontus Olsson at EMI Studios, Stockholm.Mastered by Peter Dahl at Cutting Room.
All songs written by Sophie Zelmani.Sony Music Publishing.