Ja te srecom castim
Lexington · Other Songs - Lexington
u ruci s tvoje crne kose dijadema
k'o uvijek kad te smori uloga dobre zene
dodjes po malo mene
Kraj njega ti je zivot sigurica
prijaju ti sva ta lazno nasmijana lica
kad ti je do zivota, pozovi svoga skota
da stari film premota
Ref.
Kad ogrebe te svila, ti samo pozovi
u jeftinoj sobi su najskuplji snovi
ja bit cu zauvijek tvoj zlocin i strast
ti plati sve drugo, a ja te srecom castim
Ostala je izguzvana posteljina
na podu popijena boca vina
tvoj miris svud po sobi, jutro i kafa jedna
istina lazi vrijedna
Ref. 2x
Ref.
Ja te srecom castim
This affair survives in traces: a little perfume on a lapel, a strand of hair, rumpled sheets and a half-finished bottle of wine. The narrator knows the woman returns when her respectable life grows dull, and accepts his role as the secret destination she can visit without disturbing her public arrangement. The chorus turns the imbalance into a bargain: she pays for everything else, while he offers happiness.
The lyric’s romance is deliberately compromised. “Crime and passion” sounds glamorous, but the cheap room and repeated film suggest a pattern neither lover has escaped. The narrator treats their lies as worthwhile because the encounter still feels vivid, though he also knows he is being kept outside the life she has chosen. There is an uneasy tenderness in that willingness to remain available, and the song never settles whether it is generosity or self-deception.
The available release record situates the song this way: The track is preserved on *The Best Of Collection*, a compilation dated 2018-02-12, issued by City Records rather than a documented original-release date. This gives it a listening context without implying when the song first appeared. I could not verify a dependable chart position or an independent review of this specific recording, so its wider reception remains unquantified rather than something to infer from its lyrics.
Lexington’s melodramatic pop storytelling lends the affair a cinematic gloss, while the concrete details keep it from drifting into pure fantasy. No independent criticism of this track was verified. Its most interesting question is embedded in the title’s act of giving: can the narrator really “treat” her to happiness, or is he naming the brief escape they both purchase from a life neither intends to change?