Arttu Wiskari - Mökkitie

The Cabin Road

June in the year -86

Our Sierra was almost new

Dad fueled the car and mom packed the lunches

I already sat in the back seat

Smiling widely all buckled up

Dingo sang The Girl In The Leather Jacket

Grandpa told about the Continuation War

About that undersergeant Rokka

At that time I didn’t understand much about anything

I was just enjoying the vacation

Dad, let me drive the cabin road

I promise I’ll bring water to the sauna

I remember the rocks and stumps of this gravel road

In my mind I was Henry Toivonen

A rally idol of little boys

Dad laughed, mom was too scared to look

The summer ended I was told

There will come no more trips to Evitskog

The parents divorced and the cabin was sold

Yesterday I drove the cabin road

I remembered it taking longer

Familiar routes changed into black surfaces

And grandpa doesn’t talk about the war no more

He’s growing hay in honkanumpi *buried

Now I better understand the story

And I appreciate his deeds

Dad, let me drive the cabin road

I promise I’ll bring water to the sauna

I remember the rocks and stumps of this gravel road

In my mind I was Henry Toivonen

A rally idol of little boysDad laughed, mom was too scared to look

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