Eurovision 2009 Serbia: Marko Kon & Milan Nikolić – Cipela

Moјa stara cipela, pola sveta videla
Gde god da stanem tu mi dom
Tamo pa ‘vamo, istok pa zapad
Ma gde god stigao bio sam na svom

Hvata me panika, ta stara navika
Srce bi krenulo za njom
A јa budala, stara
Ma sve nek propadne, teraću po svom

Niјe, niјe, niјe me htela
Sve dok pare ne skupim
Ma more niјe, niјe, niјe, niјe, niјe me želela
Dok se ne obogatim
Sasvim

Moјa stara cipela, pola sveta videla
Gde god da stanem tu mi dom
Tamo pa ‘vamo, istok pa zapad
Ma gde god stigao bio sam na svom

Hvata me panika, ta stara navika
Srce bi krenulo za njom
A јa budala, stara baraba
Ma sve nek propadne, teraću po svom

Niјe, niјe, niјe me htela
Sve dok pare ne skupim
Ma more niјe, niјe, niјe, niјe, niјe me želela
Dok se ne obogatim

Niјe, niјe, niјe me htela
Sve dok pare ne skupim
Ma more niјe, niјe, niјe, niјe, niјe me želela
Dok se ne obogatim
Sasvim

Niјe, niјe, niјe me htela
Sve dok pare ne skupim
Ma more niјe, niјe, niјe, niјe, niјe me želela
Dok se ne obogatim

Niјe, niјe, niјe me htela
Sve dok pare ne skupim
Ma more niјe, niјe, niјe, niјe, niјe me želela
Dok se ne obogatim
Sasvim

English Translation

Shoe

My old shoe, it saw half of the world
Wherever I set my foot, there is my home
Here and there, East and West
Wherever I arrived, I felt at home

The old habit, panic, it’s starting again
My heart wants to go after her
And me, the old fool
Well, everything may go wrong, I’ll still do it my way

She didn’t, didn’t, didn’t want me
Until I gather the money
I’m telling you, she didn’t, didn’t, didn’t, didn’t, didn’t want me
Until I get rich
Completely

My old shoe, it saw half of the world
Wherever I set my foot, there is my home
Here and there, East and West
Wherever I arrived, I felt at home

The old habit, panic, it’s starting again
My heart wants to go after her
And me, the old fool
Well, everything may go wrong, I’ll still do it my way

She didn’t, didn’t, didn’t want me
Until I gather the money
I’m telling you, she didn’t, didn’t, didn’t, didn’t, didn’t want me
Until I get rich

She didn’t, didn’t, didn’t want me
Until I gather the money
I’m telling you, she didn’t, didn’t, didn’t, didn’t, didn’t want me
Until I get rich
Completely

She didn’t, didn’t, didn’t want me
Until I gather the money
I’m telling you, she didn’t, didn’t, didn’t, didn’t, didn’t want me
Until I get rich

She didn’t, didn’t, didn’t want me
Until I gather the money
I’m telling you, she didn’t, didn’t, didn’t, didn’t, didn’t want me
Until I get rich
Completely

English Version

Shoe

Met her on the boulevard, shopping with her credit cards
A ballerina from Marseille
I cannot grumble, not that I’m humble
She bought me dancing shoes, we danced the night away

I fell in love with fer, my fancy Frenchy cure
And she was heaven in the sack
I’m from the wrong world, so many tales to tell
I’m just a loner from the wrong side of the track
Shoe

Dear, oh dear, you spent all our money
We pressed your clothes, your shoes were cleaned
But I must leave, why can’t ya see the final place that it’s sunny?
I’m not the rich man of your dreams
As it seems

Went back to the boulevard, canceled all her credit cards
My ballerina from Marseille
I cannot grumble, I have been tumbled
She turned her back on me and vanished in the air

We had a lovely vibe, she bought expensive wines
Now I am on the road again
She broke my heart at night, I tied my laces tight
I heard her screaming and I knew it was the end
Shoe

Dear, oh dear, you spent all our money
We pressed your clothes, your shoes were cleaned
But I must leave, why can’t ya see the final place that it’s sunny
I’m not the rich man of your dreams

Beers and tears, you tasted our honey
And made a monkey out of me
You gotta leave, why can’t ya see the final place that it’s sunny?
Take your shoes and leave it be
If you please

Dear, oh dear, you spent all our money
We pressed your clothes, your shoes were cleaned
You gotta leave, why can’t ya see the final place that it’s sunny?
I’m not the rich man of your dreams
As it seems

Beers and tears, you tasted our honey
And made a monkey out of me
You gotta leave, why can’t ya see the final place that it’s sunny?
Take your shoes and leave it be
If you please

Other versions of Cipela

33 thoughts on “Eurovision 2009 Serbia: Marko Kon & Milan Nikolić – Cipela

  1. Well.. Dragana has a theory that might be interesting.. that the song is implying that wherever we (Serbians) go, we feel at home…
    The panic part is supposed to refer to eternal wish of Serbia to join EU at all costs.. And that the chorus is saying that ‘it didn’t want us until we give money to it and until we get “civilized” which according to the interpretation means – never because Europe will never like Serbia – the country will always do as it pleases – in its old shoes 🙂

  2. .. i don’t get the hidden meaning (that is, if there is)

    anyway, i like this song. it’s very different from this year’s entries.. and i think the original is better than english one., kinda sucked how they try to make the words fit in

  3. so cute! i love love love this song! thought shouldve at least placed 2nd. so delighful! dance dance dance, anyhow dance 😀 so cute eh.

  4. This song is good but we wonted to send ot band to evrovision but he had the beast song for other people….who cair?!next year we whil win…i think…..cute site……:* Serbia

  5. I love it, I was surprised to see that it didn’t make it to the final. I would have voted for it but my country wasn’t allowed to vote. I like both English and Serbian versions, I think that the serbian is a bit better, but I love the fact that in the english version the chorus is louder

  6. I really like this song (: the first time I listened to it, I was like “what the fu*k” but when the chorus started, I found that it was very catchy in a good way ;D
    I think it’s pretty hard to understand through the straight-up translated part, but really got the story when I red the English version, but still, I like the original one better 🙂

  7. favourite by far. eurovision itself it pretty lamecore and this one had me in stitches. kudos.

  8. stvarno brate kako li mu je na suncu
    i da potpuno se slazem sa nekim komentarima
    posle prvog puta mi je bilo ono kao OMFG, ali posle…
    …posle nekako udje u uvo, al ne kao ono earworm nego kao stvarno lepa, duhovita i smesna pesma
    mada me on malo nervira sa ovom frizurom ali je pesma ipak OK

  9. Song is greath!!! Have a hidem meening!

    Pesma je FENOMENALNA, sa veoma SKRIVENOM PORUKOM O SRBIJI I EU !!! Evo zasto to mislim:

    “Moјa stara cipela, pola sveta videla, gde god da stanem tu mi dom
    Tamo pa ‘vamo, istok pa zapad ma gde god stigao bio sam na svom”

    Ovde moze da je stara cipela zapravo OPANAK. Onda, pola sveta videla gde god stanem tu mi dom moze da se shvati kao veliko Dusanovo carstvo koje je Srbija imala, na sta se nadovezuje stih “tamo pa vamo, istok pa zapad, bio sam na svom” jer zapravo mi gde god da odemo mi smo ko na svom-Srbija do Tokija i Milvokija! A bili smo na prostoru Balkana celom, a prema nekim izvorima mnogi su sa Balkana otisli na sever!!!

    “Hvata me panika, ta stara navika srce bi krenulo za njom
    A јa budala, stara ma sve nek propadne, teraću po svom”

    Ovde panika i teznja srca moze da se shvati kao vecna teznja Srba da se prikljuce toj jevropi! I mi kao stari narod ma propali icicemo ka njoj, terajuci inat pa makar propali!!!

    I onda refren:
    “Niјe, niјe, niјe me htela sve dok pare ne skupim
    Ma more niјe, niјe, niјe, niјe, niјe me želela
    Dok se ne obogatim sasvim”

    Moze da se protumaci da nas jevropa NIJE HTELA DOK JOJ SVE PARE NE DAMO, dok se ne “obogatimo” i dok se ne “civilizujemo”!!! A to znaci nikad, da necemo biti po ukusu jevrope!
    Jer cemo ipak terati po svom u starim cipelama!!! 😉

    PESMA JE FANTASTICNA SAMO TREBA CITATI I IZMEDJU REDOVA!!

  10. Trumpet version of “Cipela”

    Serbian Eurovision song Cipela has:

    Original version
    Dance remix
    Trumpet version
    Godasse (French version)
    Bashmak (Russian version)
    Saapas (Finnish version)
    Patrikalo (Greek version)
    Shoe (English version)
    Na’al (Hebrew version)
    Sevdah baby mix
    Multi version

  11. Whatever you might think about it, I really love this song. It is extraordinary, witty, well done and far from being boring as so many Eurovision entries are. I hope it will qualify for the finals, where I can vote for it.

  12. The Serbian Shoe is dancing – Cipela has a dance version.
    You can listen and download it here – Ekskluzivno: dens verzija “Cipele”

    The Serbian ESC 2009 entry will also be recorded in brass, latino, Russian, French, English and Hebrew versions (all will be available for listening and DL on the rts.rs site).

  13. Actually, I agree with Nikita. At first I was, like, “What the…??”, but now that I have listened to it a few times, I’m starting to like it! 🙂 I guess it kinda grows on you. 🙂

    BTW, what’s up with Hungary’s page? It says “Error, page not found”… (sorry, I know it’s off topic, but I didn’t know where to post this..)

  14. I didn’t like the song at first either. But after listening to it for the second time, i started to appreciate it. I just think that people were expecting another ballad from Serbia. The song is ok! Music is good lyrics are well recieved by Europe… It was the best song during the nationals and… who cares? Just enjoy the show! can’t win every year 😉 Peace!

  15. Oh, so this is your entry. 🙂 Well, yeah… I think everything that I could say has been said already. 🙂 At least it’s different from the others in some way. 🙂

  16. You are not normal …
    This song has been sent for fun …
    Man (Marko Kon) is otherwise a composer, but the jury was a bit stupid, but the …

  17. Oh haha you are also having problems with those juries..I think the juries destroy stuff here too sometimes..well they usually don’t affect the reslut here that much cause the people’s votes give so much more..but they voted very bad this year and last year!! last year they decided it all, another song got most from the people..this year the people’s favourite at least won which is good.
    But yea I see what you mean, I think the people here kind of thought a bit like that too, why send the same old crap like before when that has failed so much (like the juries voted..)when we can send something new, something different? Except that this has more of maybe the Pokusaj thing from last year or something and Sweden’s is different in the way that it’s got opera lol..

  18. No worries! We don’t like it either. You are being polite when you say “very far”… it’s far from very far from what we had in the last years lol
    The only explanation why we are sending the song is that the rest in the preselection were average so the jury decided to go for something that has potential to draw attention at least in some way lol
    OT Bend got 7 times more votes from the public than Marko Kon and more votes than all the others put together but the jury …

  19. Sorry, but this is very far from the quality you have had the last years..I don’t like it that much..

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