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BILLY JOEL
The Essential Billy Joel 2001
Leningrad текст песни
Leningrad
Viktor was born in the spring of '44
And never saw his father anymore
A child of sacrifice, a child of war
Another son who never had a father after Leningrad
Went off to school and learned to serve the state
Followed the rules and drank his vodka straight
The only way to live was drown the hate
A Russian life was very sad
And such was life in Leningrad
I was born in '49
A cold war kid in McCarthy time
Stop 'em all at the 38th Parallel
Blast those yellow reds to hell
And cold war kids were hard to kill
Under their desks in an air raid drill
Haven't they heard we won the war
What do they keep on fighting for?
Viktor was sent to some Red Army town
Served out his time, became a circus clown
The greatest happiness he'd ever found
Was making Russian children glad
And children lived in Leningrad
But children lived in Levittown
And hid in the shelters underground
Until the Soviets turned their ships around
And tore the Cuban missiles down
And in that bright October sun
We knew our childhood days were done
And I watched my friends go off to war
What do they keep on fighting for?
And so my child and I came to this place
To meet him eye to eye and face to face
He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced
We never knew what friends we had
Until we came to Leningrad
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- You're My Home
- Captain Jack
- The Entertainer
- Say Goodbye To Hollywood
- Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
- New York State Of Mind
- She's Always A Woman
- Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
- Only The Good Die Young
- Just The Way You Are
- Honesty
- My Life
- It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
- You May Be Right
- Don't Ask Me Why
- She's Got A Way
- Allentown
- Goodnight Saigon
- An Innocent Man
- Uptown Girl
- The Longest Time
- Tell Her About It
- Leave A Tender Moment Alone
- A Matter Of Trust
- Baby Grand
- I Go To Extremes
- We Didn't Start The Fire
- Leningrad
- The Downeaster 'Alexa'
- And So It Goes
- The River Of Dreams
- All About Soul
- Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
- Waltz #1 (Nunley's Carousel)
- Invention In C Minor
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