Leningrad - Billy Joel

[00:21.02]Viktor was born in the spring of '44
[00:28.83]And never saw his father anymore
[00:35.52]A child of sacrifice, a child of war
[00:42.40]Another son who never had a father after Leningrad
[00:49.78]Went off to school and learned to serve the state
[00:56.28]Followed the rules and drank his vodka straight
[01:03.08]The only way to live was drown the hate
[01:10.08]A Russian life was very sad
[01:14.15]And such was life in Leningrad
[01:20.41]I was born in '49
[01:23.28]A cold war kid in McCarthy time
[01:26.77]Stop 'em all at the 38th Parallel
[01:30.08]Blast those yellow reds to hell
[01:33.47]And cold war kids were hard to kill
[01:37.04]Under their desks in an air raid drill
[01:40.54]Haven't they heard we won the war
[01:43.86]What do they keep on fighting for?
[01:50.42]Viktor was sent to some Red Army town
[01:56.79]Served out his time, became a circus clown
[02:03.98]The greatest happiness he'd ever found
[02:10.66]Was making Russian children glad
[02:14.73]And children lived in Leningrad
[02:20.85]But children lived in Levittown
[02:24.06]And hid in the shelters underground
[02:26.96]Until the Soviets turned their ships around
[02:30.46]And tore the Cuban missiles down
[02:34.02]And in that bright October sun
[02:37.35]We knew our childhood days were done
[02:40.59]And I watched my friends go off to war
[02:44.27]What do they keep on fighting for?
[02:50.84]And so my child and I came to this place
[02:57.53]To meet him eye to eye and face to face
[03:04.40]He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced
[03:11.28]We never knew what friends we had
[03:15.34]Until we came to Leningrad