Znam za povratak tvoj
Jovica Zdravkovic Suca · Other Songs - Jovica Zdravkovic Suca
u dusi mojoj blistavo inje
hladne ostase plaze nase
samo te jos vetar spominje
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Unapred znam za povratak tvoj
sad jesen je sumorna zuta
a tebi treba skloniste toplo
od dugog i pokislog puta
Drustvo i ja jos uvek smo tu
i zamagljena stakla kafane
do zla boga toci se vino
boluju se stare rane
Samo jednom nemoj da se vratis
kad ti sreca okrene ledja
seti se samo sta si mi rekla
da te moja ljubav vredja
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An uneasy expectation of return
In “Znam za povratak tvoj” (“I Know You Will Return”), the narrator expects a former lover to come back, but that certainty is shadowed by resentment and fatigue. Autumn weather and empty landscapes set a bleak scene, while the prospect of a return is not presented as an easy reconciliation. The song's emotional pull comes from that contradiction: longing remains, even after the narrator has been hurt.
Jovica Zdravković Šuca's recording appeared on the 1985 album *Marija, Piješ Li Crveno Vino?*, accompanied by the orchestra Tuđa Sreća. The performance belongs to the regional folk tradition of the period, with a narrative lyric and an arrangement suited to an intimate, late-night mood. The album's original cassette and vinyl listings provide the clearest release context for the track.
No dependable chart history or substantial review coverage is available. The song continues to circulate through archival audio and lyric catalogues, where its enduring subject is the uneasy expectation that someone will return after leaving. “Znam za povratak tvoj” is a compact example of the melancholy, relationship-centered storytelling associated with 1980s folk recordings from the former Yugoslavia.