“From evening until morning
I live my life by Heroin
And I possess the whole world
When I snort the white powder.
The whole world is my possession
When I have Heroin and snort
And when the police comes around
I squirt out ink like an octopus.
When you get high
You become bold
A king, a dictator,
A god and ruler of the world
When you take Heroin
You become happy
And you see everything
In the world through rose-coloured glasses.
Ah Heroin, my brother until resurrection!
Greece is all mine
And her pitiful state is laughable.
She is missing a foot,
that she gambled at dice.
I will be a dictator
And the world will become ashes.
Someone would light the loulas for me
And someone else would put it out.
When you get high
You become bold
A king, a dictator,
A god and ruler of the world
When you take Heroin
You become happy
And you see everything
In the world through rose-coloured glasses”*
Eimai Prezakias (I'm a Junkie) by Eskanazi-Semsis-Tomboulis, 1934
* English translation of the lyrics