[00:22.36]Viktor was born in the spring of '44
[00:28.92]And never saw his father anymore
[00:35.47]A child of sacrifice, a child of war
[00:42.58]Another son who never had a father after Leningrad
[00:49.79]Went off to school and learned to serve the state
[00:56.22]Followed the rules and drank his vodka straight
[01:02.21]
[01:02.96]The only way to live was drown the hate
[01:09.76]A Russian life was very sad
[01:12.39]And such was life in Leningrad
[01:20.55]I was born in '49
[01:23.74]A cold war kid in McCarthy time
[01:26.88]Stop 'em all at the 38th Parallel
[01:30.25]Blast those yellow reds to hell
[01:33.93]And cold war kids were hard to kill
[01:37.11]Under their desks in an air raid drill
[01:40.54]Haven't they heard we won the war
[01:44.03]What do they keep on fighting for?
[01:50.72]Viktor was sent to some Red Army town
[01:57.20]Served out his time, became a circus clown
[02:04.01]The greatest happiness he'd ever found
[02:10.62]Was making Russian children glad
[02:15.05]And children lived in Leningrad
[02:21.17]But children lived in Levittown
[02:24.16]And hid in the shelters underground
[02:27.03]Until the Soviets turned their ships around
[02:30.65]And tore the Cuban missiles down
[02:34.21]And in that bright October sun
[02:37.70]We knew our childhood days were done
[02:40.88]And I watched my friends go off to war
[02:44.63]What do they keep on fighting for?
[02:51.18]And so my child and I came to this place
[02:57.43]To meet him eye to eye and face to face
[03:04.60]He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced
[03:11.33]We never knew what friends we had
[03:16.08]Until we came to Leningrad