Leningrad-Billy Joel

[ti:Leningrad] [ar:Billy Joel] [al:Greatest Hits Vol. III] [by:] [offset:0] [00:22.35]Viktor was born in the spring of '44 [00:27.53] [00:28.91]And never saw his father anymore [00:35.46]A child of sacrifice a child of war [00:42.57]Another son who never had a father after Leningrad [00:49.78]Went off to school and learned to serve the state [00:56.21]Followed the rules and drank his vodka straight [01:02.20] [01:02.95]The only way to live was drown the hate [01:09.75]A Russian life was very sad [01:12.38]And such was life in Leningrad [01:20.54]I was born in '49 [01:23.73]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