Angela

Intro

Oh-oh, oh-oh, hey-ya, hey-ya

Today we sing for Angela, yeah

Verse

Born in Sörmland, suitcase full of plans

Came to Lund with books and a steady pair of hands

Skåne in her eyes, the coastline in her stride

Vellinge mornings, Kämpingestrand for the tide

Sixty-eight years of careful, brave designs

Counting walks and stories, children in the lines

From food halls to council rooms, a steady, open door

Working for the future, for the many, not the few

Pre-chorus

She holds the map where nature comes first (comes first)

Protecting fields and old farm places from the thirst (from the thirst)

Scouts around a campfire, teaching how to care (how to care)

Grandchildren’s laughter braided in the air (in the air)

Chorus

Angela, Angela, sing it loud, sing it clear (sing it clear)

Angela, Angela, for sixty-eight golden years (golden years)

Keep the land, keep the stories, let the green lead the way

Angela, Angela, happy birthday, happy birthday (hey, hey)

Angela, Angela, sing it loud, sing it clear (sing it clear)

Angela, Angela, for sixty-eight golden years (golden years)

Bring the people to the table, let their voices stay

Angela, Angela, happy birthday, happy birthday (oh-oh)

Verse

Chairman, council voice, in Region Skåne’s halls

Real Estate and Service — she answers every call

From Nordic markets to Baltic shores she learned to fight

For small town fields and bird-song mornings, for the right

To hand a brighter future to the kids who’ll come after

To keep the soil alive, the old barns full of laughter

Bike rides with our elders, passengers with smiles

Opening the conversation, mile after easy mile

Bridge

Oh, the scouts taught respect, taught us how to stand (stand)

Family on the shore, salt on her hands (her hands)

Children’s point of view leading every plan (leading every plan)

She builds tomorrow slowly, like only a gardener can (a gardener can)

Chorus

Angela, Angela, sing it loud, sing it clear (sing it clear)

Angela, Angela, for sixty-eight golden years (golden years)

Keep the land, keep the stories, let the green lead the way

Angela, Angela, happy birthday, happy birthday (yeah, yeah)

Angela, Angela, sing it loud, sing it clear (sing it clear)

Angela, Angela, for sixty-eight golden years (golden years)

Bring the people to the table, let their voices stay

Angela, Angela, happy birthday, happy birthday (oh-oh)

Outro

Happy birthday, Angela — keep walking by the sea

Keep giving us your courage, keep showing what we can be

Oh-oh, oh-oh, hey-ya, hey-ya

Angela, Angela, happy birthday