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By Stas Namin and The Flowers
YouTube
Sunday, Jul 5, 2015

Written in October 2014, the song opened The Flowers’ Moscow concert on November 14, 2014, in Arena Moscow Hall, part of The Flowers’ world tour.

Stas Namin [born Anastas Alekseevich Mikoyan] was the first Soviet era performer to bring his act to the United States. He was also responsible for breaking the Soviet monopoly on the performing arts and ultimately became widely credited with launching the careers of many others.

I saw him perform in St Petersburg (then Leningrad) in 1986. Except for a few more years under his belt, this video shows not much difference in musicianship and dedication to entertaining his audience. - prh, ed.





English Lyrics:
Dancing clubs
Jericho's pipes
Media hassles
Radio, TV
Don't sweat it, honey
They won't take us by force
Enjoy your sweetheart
And capture the high
Bentley and Ferrari
Became trivial toys
They said on the radio
That rose from our knees
We don't want to hear
That there are other forces
Nothing is higher
Than our Kremlin walls

Chorus:
We will have fun
Beyond their dreams
We will have fun
While they grieve!
We will have fun
And wine will pour
Like blood...!
Na zdorovye... Cheers!

Bombs and missiles
Jingling coins
Sanctions in response
Pride of the whole country!
Brother goes against brother
Who would ever think
We would be soldiers
We should not cry!
How little we need
To gather the flock
Devilish delight
Gallows for dessert
Hatred and anger
Climbed out of a coffin
And on the flag again
Money and power!

Chorus

In a mask of compassion
The world gives promises
To give aid
But remembers its own pocket
Teams of politicians
Turned on the propaganda
You will not find the truth
Everywhere there's deception
Those, who lit the spark
Are carried on people's arms
And are submissively asked
To put out the fire
But from their highness
Hiding their indifference
They are ready again
To torch the universe

Chorus


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