Leningrad-Stig Rossen

[ti:Leningrad] [ar:Stig Rossen] [al:Live In Concert] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Leningrad - Stig Rossen [01:11.92]Viktor was born in the spring of '44 [01:16.24] [01:18.53]And never saw his father anymore [01:22.53] [01:25.33]A child of sacrifice a child of war [01:29.48] [01:32.97]Another son who never had a father after Leningrad [01:38.18] [01:40.06]Went off to school and learned to serve the state [01:44.69] [01:46.50]Followed the rules and drank his vodka straight [01:50.75] [01:52.84]The only way to live was drown the hate [01:57.34] [02:00.61]A Russian life was very sad and such was life in Leningrad [02:06.23] [02:10.24]I was born in '49 [02:11.46] [02:12.53]A cold war kid in McCarthy time [02:14.21] [02:15.32]Stop 'em at the 38th Parallel [02:16.66] [02:18.17]Blast those yellow reds to hell [02:19.90] [02:20.98]And cold war kids were hard to kill [02:22.76] [02:23.75]Under their desk in an air raid drill [02:25.87] [02:26.58]Haven't they heard we won the war [02:28.27] [02:29.95]What do they keep on fighting for [02:31.48] [02:41.69]Viktor was sent to some Red Army town [02:46.00] [02:48.34]Served out his time became a circus clown [02:51.91] [02:54.10]The greatest happiness he'd ever found [02:57.39] [02:59.86]Was making Russian children glad and children lived in Leningrad [03:05.73] [03:09.32]But children lived in Levittown [03:10.57] [03:11.78]And hid in the shelters underground [03:13.02] [03:14.44]Until the Soviets turned their ships around [03:16.07] [03:17.71]Tore the Cuban missiles down [03:19.07] [03:20.24]And in that bright October sun [03:21.74] [03:23.11]We knew our childhood days were done [03:25.07] [03:26.01]And I watched my friends go off to war [03:28.11] [03:29.47]What do they keep on fighting for [03:31.13] [03:40.22]And so my child and I came to this place [03:44.49] [03:46.39]To meet him eye to eye and face to face [03:50.70] [03:52.40]He made my daughter laugh then we embraced [03:56.10] [03:58.79]We never knew what friends we had until we came to Leningrad