Leningrad-Billy Joel

[ti:Leningrad] [ar:Billy Joel] [al:The Complete Hits Collection:1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:22.47]Viktor was born in the spring of '44 [00:28.15] [00:28.97]And never saw his father anymore [00:34.60] [00:36.41]A child of sacrifice a child of war [00:41.53] [00:42.72]Another son who never had a father after Leningrad [00:49.22] [00:49.97]Went off to school and learned to serve the state [00:55.78] [00:56.60]Followed the rules and drank his vodka straight [01:02.72] [01:03.41]The only way to live was drown the hate [01:08.85] [01:10.60]A Russian life was very sad [01:13.28] [01:14.47]And such was life in Leningrad [01:17.41] [01:20.41]I was born in '49 [01:23.78]A cold war kid in McCarthy time [01:26.41] [01:27.03]Stop 'em all at the 38th Parallel [01:32.04]Blast those yellow reds to hell [01:33.79] [01:34.85]And cold war kids were hard to kill [01:38.16]Under their desks in an air raid drill [01:42.47]Haven't they heard we won the war [01:44.97]What do they keep on fighting for [01:47.97] [01:50.85]Viktor was sent to some Red Army town [01:56.28] [01:57.41]Served out his time became a circus clown [02:03.03] [02:03.97]The greatest happiness he'd ever found [02:09.03] [02:11.09]Was making Russian children glad [02:14.04] [02:15.16]And children lived in Leningrad [02:18.54] [02:20.54]But children lived in Levittown [02:23.47] [02:24.29]And hid in the shelters underground [02:27.16]Until the Soviets turned their ships around [02:30.10] [02:30.79]And tore the Cuban missiles down [02:34.47]And in that bright October sun [02:37.79]We knew our childhood days were done [02:41.22]And I watched my friends go off to war [02:44.16] [02:44.91]What do they keep on fighting for [02:47.60] [02:51.22]And so my child and I came to this place [02:56.29]To meet him eye to eye and face to face [03:00.04] [03:00.60]He made my daughter laugh then we embraced [03:11.91]We never knew what friends we had [03:15.54] [03:16.10]Until we came to Leningrad