this is not America, I’m not your Indian

the Albanian, who lives below me
he told me the other day
“hey Swiss, stop playing the guitar
I don’t like music, I’m not a friend of it”

from Swiss to Albanian
from Switzerland to Albania
this is not America
I’m not your Indian

the Swiss, who lives above him
I told him right away
“hey Albanian, I like music, I’m a friend of it
I'm not going to stop playing the guitar”

from Swiss to Albanian
from Switzerland to Albania
this is not America
I’m not your Indian

I don’t have the intention
to ask any neighbor in the house
what he likes
and what he doesn’t like

what would only become of me
when I would ask every neighbor
I can’t answer this question
because I can’t imagine a thing

who knows the neighbor below me
knows what he wants to be
he wants to be a conqueror and one
who can overcome everyone within his reach