It was in the 1970’s, the fuel crisis had begun The choices were presented to us as if we had none Leaders of industry said they could solve the problem By mastering the power of the radioactive atom Some folks in western Jutland got a notion in their heads They thought there might be something they could offer up instead A few hundred people gathered in a little place called Tvind And declared their will to harness the power of the wind We’re gonna build the biggest windmill in the world (2x)
There were many who said their science wasn’t sound That such a mighty windmill would simply topple to the ground Some of them were scientists, the vast majority were not But they knew with years of effort you could do a lot Word about the project spread far and wide A hundred thousand visitors came to help and to advise Until one day these windmill builders drove in with a crane And lifted up their giant wings with a mighty chain We’re gonna build the biggest windmill in the world (2x)
When Tvindkraft was completed it reached up to the sky Its wings churned in the air at 54 meters high The critics all fell silent, no one now was jeering As even industry agreed this was some damn fine engineering The wind regaled Jutland from the north Atlantic sea As it was seamlessly converted into electricity It was power for the people, leukemia for none When they declared in Denmark just south of the midnight sun We’re gonna build the biggest windmill in the world (2x)
They gave away the patents, they said knowledge should be free And their plans were copied by a new-born industry Soon Denmark would be known as the windmill-building nation And it all started with some hippies at the Tvindkraft power station Debates were held in parliament about which way things should go Build a nuclear reactor, the majority said no It could have gone quite differently — in much of the world it did Except for those in Ulfborg who said we’re getting off the grid We’re gonna build the biggest windmill in the world (2x)Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
