tOM v|JTS. Big time (PEREVOD: k.iGNATOV)
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© Copyright Tom Waits
© Copyright kIRILL iGNATOV, PEREVOD
Email: Ignatoff@bigfoot.com
Date: 16 Dec 1998
pOSYLAYU PERVUYU PARTIYU PEREVODOV Waitsa.
vTORAYA BUDET GOTOVA CHEREZ NEDELXKU-DRUGUYU.
hOTELOSX BY USLYSHATX OTZYVY O SODEYANNOM.
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TOM WAITS
VERSII iGNATOVA k. d.
O SEBE:
iGNATOV kIRILL dIMITROVICH, 1969 G.R., mOSKVA.
PO VSEM VOPROSAM OBRASHCHATXSYA:
ignatoff@bigfoot.com
BIG TIME
(video)
Frank's wild years (For Frankie Z.) dIKIE GODY fR|NKA (dLYA fR|NKI z)
This is story about guy named Frank O'Bryan eTO - ISTORIYA O PARNE PO IMENI fRANK o'bRAJN
Well Frank settled down in the Valley pOSELILSYA, ZNACHIT, fR|NK V dOLINE
and hung his wild years I POVESIL SVOI DIKIE GODY
on a nail that he drove through NA GVOZDX, KOTORYJ ON VBIL
his wife's forehead LBOM SVOEJ ZHENY
he sold used office furniture oN TORGOVAYA PODERZHANNOJ OFISNOJ MEBELXYU
out there on San Fernando Road GDE-TO NA sAN-fERNANDO-rOUD
and assumed a $30,000 loan I VZYAL SSUDU V 30,000$
at 15 1/4 % and put down payment POD 15 I 1/4% GODOVYH
on a little two bedroom place ZA NEBOLXSHOJ DOMIK S DVUMYA SPALXNYAMI
well, his wife, I don't know, she was a dog, she was a baby, tA-A-K, EGO ZHENA, NU YA NE ZNAYU, |TO SOBAKA, |TO B|JBI,
she was a killer, she was a spent piece of used jet trash |TO KILLER, |TO NEVOSTREBOVANNYJ KUSOK DERXMA
made good bloody marys GOTOVILA HOROSHUYU kROVAVUYU m|RI
kept her mouth shut most of the time I V OSNOVNOM MOLCHALA V TRUBOCHKU
had a little Chihuahua named Carlos u NEE BYLA SOBAKA chIHUAHUA PO KLICHKE kARLOS
OK, I love dogs, let it be know, I love dogs! dA YA LYUBLYU SOBAK! pUSTX VSE ZNAYUT, ya LYUBLYU SOBAK!
The dog. IS A DOG! sOBAKA, |TA PSINA!
that had some kind of skin disease VSYA V KAKIH-TO OPARYSHAH,
I don't know that it was, they try everything, YA NE ZNAYU CHTO |TO BYLO, ONI PEREPROBYVALI VSE,
and was totally blind. They had a BYLA TOTALXNO SLEPA. u NIH BYLA
thoroughly modern kitchen VPOLNE SOVREMENNAYA KUHNYA
self-cleaning oven (the whole bit) S SAMOOCHISHCHAYUSHCHEJSYA DUHOVKOJ (POLNYJ KOMPLEKT)
Frank drove a little sedan fR|NK VODIL NEBOLXSHOJ SEDAN
they were so happy oNI BYLI SCHASTLIVY.
One night Frank was on his way home i VOT ODNAZHDY NOCHXYU fR|NK PO DOROGE DOMOJ
from work, stopped at the liquor store, S RABOTY, ZATARILSYA V VINNOJ LAVKE,
picked up a couple Mickey's Big Mouths VZYAL PARU LIKEROV Mickey's Big Mouths
drank 'em in the car on his way I VYZHRAL VSE V MASHINE PO PUTI
to the Shell station, he got a gallon of K ZAPRAVOCHNOJ Shell, TAM KUPIL KANISTRU
gas in a can, drove home, doused GAZOLINA I ZALIL IM BUKVALXNO
everything in the house, torched it, VSE V DOME, VSE ZAPALIL,
parked across the street, laughing, pRIPARKOVAL TACHKU NA DRUGOJ STORONE ULICY I DOLGO SMEYALSYA
watching it burn, all Halloween NABLYUDAYA KAK VSE |TOGO GORIT, ORANZHEVOE KAK hELLOUIN
orange and chimney red then I KRASNOE KAK KAMIN, POSLE CHEGO
Frank put on a top forty station fR|NK VRUBIL NA POLNUYU HIT-PARAD PO RADIO
got on the Hollywood Freeway I VYRULIL NA gOLLIVUDSKUYU tRASSU
headed north pOEHAL NA SEVER
Never could stand that dog nIKOGDA NE MOG TERPETX |TU SOBAKU
Shore Leave uVOLNENIE NA BEREG
Well with buck shot eyes and a purple heart zNACHIT, S VOSPALENNYM VZOROM I MEDALXYU NA GRUDI
I rolled down the national stroll sKATILSYA YA PO TRAPU NA GRAZHDANKU
and with a big fat paycheck sOLIDNAYA ZARPLATA
strapped to my hip sack V NABEDRENNOM KARMANE
and a shore leave wristwatch underneath I CHASY NA UVOLXNITELXNUYU
my sleeve POD MANZHETOJ TIKAYUT
in a Hong Kong drizzle on Cuban heels v gONKONGSKOJ MOROSI NA kUBINSKIH PYATKAH
I rowed down the gutter to the Blood Bank YA GREB VNIZ PO KANALU K bANKU kROVI
and I'd left all my papers on the Ticonderoga I YA OSTAVIL VSE BUMAGI V tIKONDEROGE
and was in a bad need of a shave I UZHE DAVNO NE BRILSYA
and so I slopped at the corner on cold chow mein tAK CHTO YA POHLEBAL NA UGLU HOLODNOE CHOU-M|JN
and shot billards with a midget I POGONYAL V BILLIARD S KARAPUZOM
until the rain stopped POKA DOZHDX NE ZAKONCHILSYA
and I bought a long sleeved shirt KUPIL RUBAHU S DLINNYM RUKAVOM
with horses on the front S LOSHADKAMI NA GRUDI
and some gum and a lighter and a knife ZHVACHKU, ZAZHIGALKU I NOZH
and a new deck of cards (with girls on the back) I NOVUYU KOLODU KART (S DEVCHONKAMI SZADI)
and I sat down and wrote a letter to my wife i YA SEL I NAPISAL PISXMO MOEJ ZHENE
and I said Baby, I'm so far away from home I YA SKAZAL "dETKA, YA TAK DALEKO OT DOMA
and I miss my Baby so I YA TAK PO TEBE TOSKUYU
I can't make it by myself I YA NICHEGO NE MOGU S SOBOJ PODELATX
I love you so YA TAK LYUBLYU TEBYA"
Well I was pacing myself nU, YA NOSILSYA VEZDE, GDE MOG,
trying to make it all last PYTAYASX USPETX SDELATX VSE TO,
squeezing all the life CHTO NAKOPILOSX
out of a lousy two day pass ZA PREDELAMI |TIH DVUH VONYUCHIH DNEJ
and I had a cold one at the Dragon I YA VZYAL ODNO HOLODNOE V dRAKONE
with some Filipino floor show S KAKIM-TO fILIPPINSKIM SHOU
and talked baseball with a lieutenant I POBOLTAL O BEJSBOLE S LEJTEHOJ
over a Singapore sling ZA SINGAPURSKIM SLINGOM
and I wondered how the same moon outside I VSE DUMAL O TOM KAK TA ZHE SAMAYA LUNA
over this Chinatown fair NAD |TIMI OGNYAMI chAJNA-TAUNA
could look down on Illinois MOZHET SMOTRETX SVYSOKA NA iLLINOJS
and find you there I VIDETX TEBYA TAM
and you know I love you Baby "i TY ZNAESHX, CHTO YA LYUBLYU TEBYA, DETKA,
and I'm so far away from home I YA TAK DALEKO OT DOMA
and I miss my Baby so I YA TAK PO TEBE TOSKUYU
I can't make it by myself I YA NICHEGO NE MOGU S SOBOJ PODELATX
I love you so YA TAK LYUBLYU TEBYA"
Shore Leave... uVOLXNITELXNAYA…
Shore Leave... uVOLXNITELXNAYA…
Way Down In The Hole pUTX vIZ - V DYRU
``Well, I feel we should move right into "chTO ZH, YA CHUVSTVUYU, CHTO MY DOLZHNY DVIGATXSYA
the religious material.'' PRYAMO V DEBRI RELIGII. "
When you walk through the garden, kOGDA vY BRODITE PO SADU,
You've gotta watch your back. vSE VREMYA KTO-TO POZADI
Well, I beg you're pardon; i YA PROSHU U vAS PROSHCHENXYA
Walk the straight and narrow track. iDYA PO UZKOMU PUTI
When you walk with Jesus, kOGDA vY IDETE S iISUSOM,
He's gonna save your soul. oN DUSHU VASHU SBEREZHET
You've got to keep the Devil; vY DOLZHNY USMIRITX dXYAVOLA
Well, you've got to keep him dA, DERZHITX EGO
down in the hole. vNIZU V DYRE
He's got the fire, people, u NEGO PLAMYA, LYUDI!
he's got the fury at his command. i YAROSTX V EGO KOMANDE.
Oh, you don't have to worry o, NE VOLNUJTESX
Hold on to, hold on to... Jesus hand dERZHITESX, DERZHITESX ZA ... RUKU iISUSA
we'll all be safe from Satan mY VSE SPASEMSYA OT sATANY
when the thunder, kOGDA GROM,
when the thunder starts to roll. kOGDA NACHNET GREMETX GROM.
We've got to keep the devil, mY DOLZHNY USMIRIRITX dXYAVOLA
keep him on down dERZHATX EGO VNIZU
down in the hole. vNIZU V DYRE
That red horned, lousy, low life, underneath our boots.. eTA KRASNOROGAYA, PARSHIVAYA, UBOGAYA ZHIZNX, TAM ,POD NOGAMI.
Praise the Lord. vOSHVALITE gOSPODA!
I don't know what it is. ya NE ZNAYU, KAKOVO |TO.
Two dollar - that demonmiester dVA DOLLARA - |TO DEMON-MASTER.
Three dollar - that prince devil tRI DOLLARA - TOT PRINC DXYAVOL.
Just see if you can come up with a figure tAK POSMOTRITE, MOZHET KTO PRIDUMATX CHISLO
that matches your faith SOOTVETSTVUYUSHCHEE VASHEJ VERE
He said, how much has Jesus done for you? oN SKAZAL, SKOLXKO iISUS SDELAL DLYA vAS?
And we got to go in, with our hydrolic system, i MY SOBRALISX CHTOBY VOJTI, S NASHEJ GIDRAVLICHESKOJ SISTEMOJ,
and blast him out. i VZORVATX EGO.
People, can I get an amen? lYUDI, YA MOGU USLYSHATX AMINX?
All the angels, pledge God to sing; vSE ANGELY, POYUT PESNX gOSPODU;
all about Jesus mighty sword. o MOGUSHCHESTVE I SILE iISUSA .
And they'll shield you with their wings i ONI OGRADYAT vAS SVOIMI KRYLAMI
People, they'll keep you lYUDI, ONI ZASHCHITYAT vAS
close to the Lord. rYADOM S gOSPODOM.
Now don't pay heed to temptation, i ISKUSU NET MESTA V NEM
For his hands are so cold. dLYA EGO RUK |TO KAK LED
You've got to keep the devil, vY DOLZHNY USMIRITX DXYAVOLA,
keep him on down in the hole. dERZHITX EGO VNIZU V DYRE
Down in the hole vNIZ V DYRU
Down in the hole vNIZ V DYRU
Down in the hole vNIZ V DYRU
People, I've got to speak about something... lYUDI, ya DOLZHEN CHTO-TO SKAZATX VAM…
Can I get an amen? mOGU LI YA USLYSHATX AMINX?
Can I get an halaluja? mOGU LI YA USLYSHATX ALILUJA?
Praise the lord. vOSHVALITE gOSPODA.
God bless you. dA BLAGOSLOVIT VAS gOSPODX.
The Lord is a very very busy man. bOG - OCHENX OCHENX ZANYATYJ CHELOVEK.
I'll do what I can. nO YA SDELAYU VSE, CHTO SMOGU.
But Jesus is always going for the big picture... nO iISUS VSEGDA VIDIT BOLXSHUYU PANORAMU…
But he's always there to help us out of the little jams too. nO ON VSEGDA POMOZHET NAM DAZHE V LYUBYH MELOCHAH
Down in the hole vNIZ V DYRU
Down in the hole vNIZ V DYRU
Down in the hole vNIZ V DYRU
Keep him down in the hold dERZHITE EGO VNIZU - V DYRE.
You've got to keep the devil down in the hole vY DOLZHNY DERZHATX DXYAVOLA VNIZU - V DYRE
You've got to keep the devil down in the hole vY DOLZHNY DERZHATX DXYAVOLA VNIZU - V DYRE
Keep him on down in the hole dERZHITE DXYAVOLA VNIZU - V DYRE
Down...down, down, down mighty devil vNIZ... VNIZ, VNIZ, VNIZ MOGUSHCHESTVENNOGO DXYAVOLA
I send you down below my boots. ya POSYLAYU TEBYA VNIZ, POD MOI BASHMAKI.
down, down, filling my live with anger and strife vNIZ, VNIZ, ZAPOLNYAYA MOYU ZHIZNX GNEVOM I BORXBOJ
Go down mighty devil. gONITE MOGUSHCHESTVENNOGO DXYAVOLA.
Find a place to live.Down down down... nAJDITE MESTO DLYA ZHIZNI. vNIZ VNIZ VNIZ ...
Hang On St. Christopher dERZHISX CENT-kRISTOFERA
Hang on st. christopher through the smoke and the oil dERZHISX CENT-kRISTOFERA SKVOZX MASLO I SMOG
Buckle down the rumble seat oTKINX SIDENXE NAZAD
let the radiator boil dVIZHOK POCHTI ZAGDOH
got an overhead downshift kIPIT TVOJ RADIATOR
and a two dollar grill i DESHEVYJ GRILX UZHE
got an 85 cabin dAVNO LEZHIT V KABINE
on an 85 hill nA 85 HOLME
Hang on st. christopher on the passenger side dERZHISX CENT-kRISTOFERA NA PASSAZHIRSKOJ STORONE
open it up tonight the devil can ride sEGODNYA TAM PROEDET DXYAVOL, ONA OTKRYTA VPOLNE
hang on st. christopher with a barrel house dog dERZHISX CENT-kRISTOFERA S KABACKIM PARENXKOM
kick me up mt. baldy mISTER pLESHX V TUMANE
throw me out in the fog sBEJ MENYA V PINKOM
tear a hole in the jack pot pRORVI DYRU V DZHEK-POT
drive a stake through his heart sTAVX STAVKI NAOBUM
do a 100 on the grapevine sDELAJ SOTNYU NA LOZHNYH SLUHAH
do a jump on the start nA STARTE SDELAJ BUM
hang on st. christopher now don't let me go dERZHISX CENT-kRISTOFERA, MNE NE POZVOLYAT IDTI
get me to reno and bring it in low, yeah oPYATX NE POVEZLO MNE, NO YA NA VERNOM PUTI
hang on st. christopher with the hammer to the floor dERZHISX C-kRISTOFERA S MOLOTOCHKOM DLYA TORGOV
put a hi ball in the crank case zALEJ PRISADKU V KARTER
nail a crow to the door lAPKU VORONA NA DVERX
get a bottle for the jockey dLYA PARKOVSHCHIKA PUZYRX
gimme a 294 mNE - 294
there's a 750 norton bustin down january's door sTOIT 750 nORTON POD YANVARSKOJ DVERXYU
hang on st. christopher on the passenger side dERZHISX CENT-kRISTOFERA NA PASSAZHIRSKOJ STORONE
open it up tonight the devil can ride sEGODNYA TAM PROEDET DXYAVOL, ONA OTKRYTA VPOLNE
hang on st. christopher now don't let me go dERZHISX CENT-kRISTOFERA, MNE NE POZVOLYAT IDTI
get to me reno got to bring it in low oPYATX NE POVEZLO MNE, NO YA NA VERNOM PUTI
put my baby on the flat car v ZH/D PLATFORMU MOYU KROSHKU POSADI
got to burn down the caboose zhAROVNYU RASPALI DOTLA
get 'em all jacked up on whiskey dO CHERTIKOV IH VISKI NAPOI
then we'll turn the mad dog loose tOGDA S CEPI MY SPUSTIM BESHENNOGO PSA
hang on st. christopher on the passenger side dERZHISX CENT-kRISTOFERA NA PASSAZHIRSKOJ STORONE
open it up tonight the devil can ride sEGODNYA TAM PROEDET DXYAVOL, ONA OTKRYTA VPOLNE
Telephone Call From Istanbul tELEFONNYJ ZVONOK IZ sTAMBULA
All night long on the broken glass nOCHX PROSHLA NA RAZBITOM STEKLE
livin in a medicine chest sLOVNO ZHIL V DOMASHNEJ APTECHKE
mediteromanian hotel back oCHNULSYA V OTELE NA sREDIZEMNOMORXE
sprawled across a roll top desk rASTYANUVSHISX POPEREK SEKRETERA
the monkey rode the blade on an mARTYSHKA STROIT ROZHI MNE
overhead fan v LOPASTYAH VENTILYATORA POD POTOLKOM
they paint the donkey blue if you pay i ESLI ZABASHLYATX TAM BUDET GOLUBOJ OSEL
I got a telephone call from Istanbul i VDRUG ZVONOK IZ iSTAMBULA
my baby's coming home today sEGODNYA MOYA KROSHKA VOZVRASHCHAETSYA DOMOJ
will you sell me one of those if I shave my head i YA POBREYU BASHKU - TY PRODASHX MNE ODNU IZ NIH
get me out of town is what fireball said pROCHX IZ GORODA - I GOVORIL METEORIT
never trust a man in a blue trench coat vPREDX NE VERX VSEM LYUDYAM V TEMNO-SINEM PALXTO
never drive a car when you're dead i NE SADISX ZA RULX, ESLI TY TRUP
Saturday's a festival v sUBBOTU - FESTIVALX
Oh, now Friday's a gem v pYATNICU - BRILLIANT
dye your hair yellow sDELAJ SKOBOCHKU POVYSHE
and raise your hem i SVOI VOLOSY ZHELTEJ
follow me to beulah's on dUJ ZA MNOJ K beulah's NA
dry creek road dOROGU SUHOGO RUCHXYA
I got to wear the hat that my baby done sewed ya NAKONEC NADENU SHLYAPU, KOTORUYU TY SSHILA MNE
take me down to buy a tux vOZXMI MENYA VPLOTX DO, POKUPKI SMOKINGA
on red rose bear v MELKUYU KRASNUYU ROZOCHKU
got to cut a hole in the day i ZAPOLNI SOBOYU VSE OSTAVSHIESYA DNI
I got a telephone call from Istanbul ya POLUCHIL ZVONOK IZ iSTAMBULA
my baby's coming home today sEGODNYA MOYA KROSHKA VOZVRASHCHAETSYA DOMOJ
Cold Cold Ground tAKAYA HOLODNAYA ZEMLYA
Crest fallen sidekick in an old cafe uPAVSHIJ DUHOM KORESH V STAROM KAFE
never slept with a dream before he had to go away tAK SLADKO NE DREMAL, POKA SPILSYA SOVSEM
there's a bell in the tower eSTX KOLOKOL NA BASHNE
Uncle Ray bought a round dYADYA r|J NAVESELE
don't worry about the army oB ARMII NE BESPOKOJSYA
in the cold cold ground v TAKOJ HOLODNOJ ZEMLE
now don't be a cry baby chTO TOLKU PLAKATX, B|JBI,
when there's wood in the shed kOLX ESTX V SARAE DROVA
there's a bird in the chimmney nA DYMOHODE FLYUGER
and a stone in my bed v POSTELI KAMESHKA OVAL
when the road's washed out dOROGI VSE RAZMYTY
they pass the bottle around i IM NE VYJTI IZ PETLI
and wait in the arms i OZHIDANIE V RUKAH
of the cold cold ground tAKOJ HOLODNOJ ZEMLI
cold cold ground tAKOJ HOLODNOJ ZEMLI
there's a ribbon in the willow pOKRYSHKA NA VEREVKE
and a tire swing rope nA IVE LENTOCHKA VISIT
and a briar patch of berries nA SKLONE KOSOGORA
takin over the slope shIPOVNIK YAGODOJ PESTRIT
the cat'll sleep in the mailbox v POCHTOVOM YASHCHIKE SPIT KOT
and we'll never go to town i V GOROD NETU NAM PUTI
til we bury every dream in pOKA MY GROBIM VSE MECHTY
the cold cold ground v TAKOJ HOLODNOJ ZEMLE
cold cold ground v TAKOJ HOLODNOJ ZEMLE
gimme a Winchester rifle and a whole box of shells dAJ MNE vINCHESTER I PACHKU PATRON
blow the roof off the goat barn s HLEVA SVALI KRYSHU
let it roll down the hill pUSTX ONA KATITSYA POD HOLM
the piano is firewood fORTEPXYANO - DROVA
times square is a dream pOSTOYANSTVO - MECHTA
I find we'll lay down together in the cold cold ground mY VSE TAM BUDEM VMESTE V TAKOJ HOLODNOJ ZEMLE
cold cold ground v TAKOJ HOLODNOJ ZEMLE
cold cold ground v TAKOJ HOLODNOJ ZEMLE
call the cops on the Breedloves lEGAVYH VYZOVI NA bRIDLOVS
bring a bible and a rope vOZXMI VEREVKI MOTOK
and a whole box of rebel tABURETKU, bIBLIYU,
and a bar of soap dA I MYLA KUSOK
make a pile of trunk tires pOKRYSHKI SVALI V KUCHU
and burn 'em all down k CHERTYAM SOZHGI IH VSE
bring a dollar with you baby sCHASTLIVYJ DOLLAR NUZHEN, B|JBI,
in the cold cold ground v TAKOJ HOLODNOJ ZEMLE
cold cold ground v TAKOJ HOLODNOJ ZEMLE
take a weathervane rooster i KINUV KAMENX V GOLOVU
throw rocks at his head SBEJ FLYUGER-PETUSHKA
stop talking to the neighbors i NE BOLTAJ S SOSEDYAMI
til we all go dead POKA MY NE POMREM, POKA,
beware of my temper bEREGISX MOEGO HARAKTERA
and the dog that I've found i PSA, KAKOGO YA PRIGREL
break all the windows in the rAZBEJ VSE OKNA
cold cold ground v TAKOJ HOLODNOJ ZEMLE
cold cold ground v TAKOJ HOLODNOJ ZEMLE
Straight To the Top (Vegas) pRYAMO NA VERH (vEGAS)
I'm going straight to the top ya IDU PRYAMO NA VERH
oh yea up where the air is o DA, TUDA, GDE VOZDUH
fresh and clean chIST I SVEZH
I'm going straight up to the top ya IDU PRYAMO NA VERH
if you know me, you know what I mean mENYA I MOI MYSLI VY ZNAETE DAVNO
I can't let sorrow nE DOPUSTIV PECHALI
try and pull ol' Frankie down tYANU YA fR|NKI VNIZ
live for tomorrow I have found you zhIVU YA RADI ZAVTRA, YA TEBYA NASHEL
I'm going straight up to the top ya IDU PRYAMO NA VERH
up where the air is fresh and clean gDE VOZDUH SVEZH I CHIST
i know that I will never stop, oh no i YA NE TORMOZHU, O NET
until I know I'm wild and free ya DIKIJ, YA - SVOBODEN
just like a champagne bubble kAK PUZYRI SHAMPANI
pop pop pop hLOP, HLOP, HLOP
I'm like those birdies ya - BUDTO PTASHKA
high up in the trees vYSOKO V VETVYAH
I can't let sorrow nE DOPUSTIV PECHALI
pull ol' Frankie down tYANU YA fR|NKI VNIZ
live for tomorrow zhIVU YA RADI ZAVTRA
I have found you ya TEBYA NASHEL
I'm going straight up to the top oh yeah ya IDU PRYAMO NA VERH
up where the air is o DA, TUDA, GDE VOZDUH
fresh and clean chIST I SVEZH
Strange Weather sTRANNAYA pOGODA
Will ye take me across the channel nA PROGULKU PO KANALAM
London Bridge is falling down tY MENYA S SOBOJ VOZXMI
Strange a woman tries to save tAK BLUDNICA TO SPASALA,
More than a man will try to drown chTO HOTEL YA UTOPITX
And its the rain that they predicted eTO VECHNYE PROGNOZY,
And its the forecast every time eTO DOZHDX, CHTO SEJCHAS IDET
The rose has died because you picked it pRYAMO V PALXCAH VYANUT ROZY
And I believe that brandy's mine i LISHX BRENDI MNE NE VRET
And all over the world strangers i VEZDE NEZNAKOMCY
Talk only about the weather tOLKUYUT LISHX OB ODNOM
All over the world its the same o POGODE, V CELOM MIRE
Its the same! vSE ODNO! vSE ODNO!
And the world is getting flatter i VESX MIR RAZMYLO V PLOSKOSTX
And the sky is falling all around nEBO PADAET VOKRUG
Oh, when nothing is the matter zAKURYU YA PAPIROSKU
For I never cry in town mNE ZDESX PLAKATX NE DOSUG
And a love like ours, my dear nASHI CHUVSTVA, DOROGAYA
Is best measured when its down mY OCENIM LISHX V GROBU
And I never buy umberellas ya ZONTOV NE POKUPAYU
Because there's always one around mNE VSEGDA ODIN DADUT
And all over the world strangers i VEZDE NEZNAKOMCY
Talk only about the weather tOLKUYUT LISHX OB ODNOM
All over the world its the same o POGODE, V CELOM MIRE
Its the same! vSE ODNO! vSE ODNO!
And you know that its the beginning zNAESHX, |TO LISHX NACHALO
And you know that its the end zNAESHX, |TO I KONEC
Once again we are strangers sTANEM VNOVX MY NE ZNAKOMY
As the fog comes rolling in lISHX TUMAN SPOLZET S NEBES
And all over the world strangers i VEZDE NEZNAKOMCY
Talk only about the weather tOLKUYUT LISHX OB ODNOM
All over the world its the same o POGODE, V CELOM MIRE
Its the same! vSE ODNO! vSE ODNO!
Gun Street Girl dEVCHONKA S ULICY VOROV
Falling James in the Tahoe mud pADSHIJ dZH|JMS V GRYAZI tAHO|
Stick around to tell us all the tale sOBIRITESX V KRUG, YA RASSKAZHU TAKOE
Well he fell in love with a Gun Street girl oN VTYURILSYA V DEVCHONKU S ULICY VOROV
And now he's dancing in the Birmingham jail sEJCHAS ON V bIRMINGEME, V TYURXME MOTAET SROK
Dancing in the Birmingham jail sEJCHAS ON V bIRMINGEME, V TYURXME MOTAET SROK
He took a hundred dollars off a slaughterhouse Joe zABRAL ON SOTNYU BAKSOV SO SKOTOBOJNI dZHO
Brought a brand new Michigan twenty-gauge dVADCATOGO KALIBRA PRINES S SOBOJ RUZHXE
He got all liquored up on that road house corn i VZYAV NA GRUDX VSYU VYPIVKU V KORCHME, CHTO U DOROGI,
Blew a hole in the hood of a yellow Corvette oN ZHELTOMU kORVETU V BREDU DYRYAVIL NOGI
A hole in the hood of a yellow Corvette zhELTOMU kORVETU V BREDU DYRYAVIL NOGI
He bought a second-hand Nova from a Cuban Chinese kUPIV PODERZHANNYJ nOVA U kITAJCA S kUBY
And dyed his hair in the bathroom of a Texaco pOKRASIL SVOI PATLY V VANNOJ tEHASO
With a pawnshop radio, quarter past four rADIO V LOMBARDE SKAZALO "POL-CHETVERTOGO"
He left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door i HLOPNUV DVERXYU ON UEHAL V vUKEGEN
Left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door hLOPNUV DVERXYU ON UEHAL V vUKEGEN
I said John, John, he's long gone ya SKAZAL dZHON, dZHON, ON DOLGOJ SHEL TROPOJ
Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home uSHEL ON V iNDIANU - NE VERNULSYA DOMOJ
I said John, John, he's long gone ya SKAZAL dZHON, dZHON, ON DOLGOJ SHEL TROPOJ
Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home uSHEL ON V iNDIANU - NE VERNULSYA DOMOJ
He's sitting in a sycamore in St. John's wood sIDIT ON NA PLATANE V LESU sENT-dZHONA
Soaking day-old bread in kerosene i MOCHIT V KEROSINE PERESOHSHIJ HLEB
Well he was blue as a robin's egg and brown as a hog bELYJ KAK YAJCO, KORICHNEVYJ KAK BOROV
He's staying out of circulation 'til the dogs get tired pOKA VNIZU SOBAKI TUDA NE SLEZET ON
Out of circulation 'til the dogs get tired pOKA VNIZU SOBAKI TUDA NE SLEZET ON
Shadow fixed the toilet with an old trombone tENX SPRYATALA SORTIR POD STARYJ TROMBON
He never get up in the morning on a Saturday oN NIKOGDA NE VSTAET RANO PO SUBBOTAM
Sitting by the Erie with a bull-whipped dog nA SBORISHCHE U eRII S BESNUYUSHCHIMSYA PSOM
Telling everyone he saw, "They went that-a-way, boys" vSEM VSTRECHNYM GOVORYA "rEBYATA, TAM - DURDOM"
Telling everyone he saw, "They went that-a-way" vSEM VSTRECHNYM GOVORYA "rEBYATA, TAM - DURDOM"
Now the rain's like gravel on an old tin roof dOZHDX SYPETSYA KAK GRAVIJ NA OLOVYANNYJ NASTIL
And the Burlington Northern pulling out of the world v sEVERNYJ bERLINGTON SEJCHAS TY UGODIL
Now a head full of bourbon and a dream in the straw pOLNA BASHKA BURBONA, MECHTY BUDTO SOLOMA
And a Gun Street girl was the cause of it all vSE |TO IZ-ZA DEVOCHKI S ULICY VOROV
A Gun Street girl was the cause of it all vSE |TO IZ-ZA DEVOCHKI S ULICY VOROV
Well he's riding in the shadow by the St. Joe ridge chTO ZH, SKACHET ON V TENI HREBTA CENT. dZHO
Hearing the click-clack tapping of a blind man's cane sLUSHAYA SHCHELCHKI PLASTINKI-TROSTOCHKI SLEPOGO
He was pulling into Baker on a New Year's Eve oBCHISTIL pEKARYA ON PRYAM POD nOVYJ gOD
One eye on a pistol and the other on the door oDIN GLAZ NA PRICELE, A DRUGOJ NA DVERI
One eye on a pistol and the other on the door oDIN GLAZ NA PRICELE, A DRUGOJ NA DVERI
Miss Charlotte took her satchel down to King Fish Row mISS shARLOTTA RANEC TASHCHIT PRYAMO K kING fISH rOU
Smuggled in a brand new pair of alligator shoes zhIVET LISHX KONTROBANDOJ KROKODILOVYH SHUZOV
With her fireman's raincoat and her long yellow hair s EE PLASHCHEM POZHARNIKA I DLINNYM ZHELTYM HAJEROM
Well they tied her to a tree with a skinny millionaire pRIVYAZALI EE K DEREVU VMESTE SO SKRYAGOJ BOGACHEM
They tied her to a tree with a skinny millionaire pRIVYAZALI K DEREVU SO SKRYAGOJ BOGACHEM
I said John, John, he's long gone ya SKAZAL dZHON, dZHON, ON DOLGOJ SHEL TROPOJ
Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home uSHEL ON V iNDIANU - NE VERNULSYA DOMOJ
I said John, John, he's long gone ya SKAZAL dZHON, dZHON, ON DOLGOJ SHEL TROPOJ
Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home uSHEL ON V iNDIANU - NE VERNULSYA DOMOJ
Banging on the table with an old tin cup sTUKNUV PO STOLU KUBKOM IZ OLOVA
Sing I'll never kiss a Gun Street girl again sPOYU "dEVCHONKA S ULICY VOROV - NE POCELUYU TEBYA SNOVA"
Never kiss a Gun Street girl again dEVCHONKA S ULICY VOROV - NE POCELUYU TEBYA SNOVA
I'll never kiss a Gun Street girl again dEVCHONKA S ULICY VOROV - NE POCELUYU TEBYA SNOVA
I said John, John, he's long gone ya SKAZAL dZHON, dZHON, ON DOLGOJ SHEL TROPOJ
Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home uSHEL ON V iNDIANU - NE VERNULSYA DOMOJ
I said John, John, he's long gone ya SKAZAL dZHON, dZHON, ON DOLGOJ SHEL TROPOJ
Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home uSHEL ON V iNDIANU - NE VERNULSYA DOMOJ
Clap Hands hLOPAJTE V LADOSHI
Three, six, nine tRI, SHESTX, DVA,
The goose drank wine vYPIL GUSX VINA.
The monkey chewed tobacco sIDIT ODIN POVESA
On the streetcar line NA TRAMVAJNYH RELXSAH.
The line broke vIZG TORMOZOV NE SLYSHAL -
The monkey got choked TEPERX UZHE NE DYSHIT.
And they all went to heaven vSE TIHO V RAJ PLYVUT
In a little row boat. NA MALENXKOM PLOTU
Clap Clap hLOP, HLOP (HLOPAYUT V LADOSHI)
Sane, sane, they're all insane, pSIH, PSIH, YA - NE PSIH,
fireman's blind, the conductor is lame POZHARNIK TO - SLEPOJ, A PROVODNIK - HROMOJ
A Cincinnati jacket and a sad-luck dame zhAKET IZ cINCINATI, SMESHNAYA DAMA V NEM
Hanging out the window with a bottle full of rain tORCHIT V OKNO S BUTYLKOJ I MOKNET POD DOZHDEM
Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands hLOPAJTE, HLOPAJTE, HLOPAJTE V LADOSHI.
Said roar, roar, the thunder and the roar rEV, REV, GROM, S NEBA VODA
Son of a bitch is never coming back here no more sUKIN SYN NIKOGDA NE VOZVRATITXSYA SYUDA
The moon in the window and a bird on the pole lUNA TORCHIT V OKOSHKE, PTICHKA-FLYUGER NA SHESTE
We can always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal mILLIONER S SOVKOM V LADOSHKAH ZA UGLEM SPESHIT UZHE
Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands hLOPAJTE, HLOPAJTE, HLOPAJTE V LADOSHI.
Said steam, steam, a hundred bad dreams ya SKAZAL PAR, PAR, SOTNYA DURNYH SNOV
Going up to Harlem with a pistol in his jeans pOKIDAYU gARLEM SO STVOLOM V DZHINSAH
A fifty-dollar bill inside a palladin's hat nA POLTINNIK BAKSOV SCHET POD SHLYAPOJ pALLADINA
And nobody's sure where Mr. Knickerbocker's at gDE MISTER nIKERBOKER, GDE |TA SKOTINA
Roar, roar, the thunder and the roar rEV, REV, GROM, S NEBA VODA
Son of a bitch is never coming back here no more sUKIN SYN NIKOGDA NE VOZVRATITXSYA SYUDA
Moon in the window and a bird on the pole lUNA TORCHIT V OKOSHKE, PTICHKA-FLYUGER NA SHESTE
Can always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal mILLIONER S SOVKOM V LADOSHKAH ZA UGLEM SPESHIT UZHE
Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands hLOPAJTE, HLOPAJTE, HLOPAJTE V LADOSHI.
I said steam, steam, a hundred bad dreams ya SKAZAL PAR, PAR, SOTNYA DURNYH SNOV
Going up to Harlem with a pistol in his jeans pOKIDAYU gARLEM SO STVOLOM V DZHINSAH
A fifty-dollar bill inside a palladin's hat nA POLTINNIK BAKSOV SCHET POD SHLYAPOJ pALLADINA
And nobody's sure where Mr. Knickerbocker's at gDE MISTER nIKERBOKER, GDE |TA SKOTINA
Shine, shine, a Roosevelt dime sVERKAJ, SVERKAJ GRIIVENNIK rUZVELXTA
All the way to Baltimore and running out of time iSCHERPAVSHIJ VREMYA BOG VESTX ESHCHE KOGDA
Salvation Army seemed to wind up in the hole aRMII sPASENIYA, PO-MOEMU, "TRUBA"
They all went to heaven in a little row boat vSE TIHO V RAJ PLYVUT NA MALENXKOM PLOTU
Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands hLOPAJTE, HLOPAJTE, HLOPAJTE V LADOSHI.
Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands hLOPAJTE, HLOPAJTE, HLOPAJTE V LADOSHI.
Clap hands, clap hands, clap hands, clap hands hLOPAJTE, HLOPAJTE, HLOPAJTE V LADOSHI.
Well the smart money's on Harlow and the moon is in the street chTO ZH, DENXGI DELAYUT NA hARLOU I NAD ULICEJ lUNA
And the shadow boys are breaking all the laws vDALEKE BUYANIT MESTNAYA SHPANA
And you're east of East Saint Louis tAM, K VOSTOKU OT sENT-lUISA
and the wind is making speeches VETER VODIT HOROVOD
And the rain sounds like a round of applause i SHUM DOZHDYA BUDTO OVACIJ GROM
And Napoleon is weeping in a carnival saloon i nAPOLEON ORET V SALUNE - |TO KARNAVAL OPYATX
His invisible fiancee's in the mirror eGO NEVESTA V ZAZERKALXE NE VIDNA
And the band is going home, i VOT DZHAZ-B|ND IDET DOMOJ,
it's raining hammers, it's raining nails DOZHDX MOLOTIT PO MOSTOVOJ
And it's true there's nothing left for him down here i |TO PRAVDA, EMU ZDESX NECHEGO TERYATX
And it's time time time, and it's time time time gDE-TO TAM, TAM, TAM, GDE-TO TAM, TAM, TAM.
And it's time time time that you love gDE-TO TAM, TAM VREMYA NASHEJ LYUBVI
And it's time time time gDE-TO TAM, TAM, TAM.
And they all pretend they're orphans vSE PRITVORSHCHIKI-SIROTY
and their memory's like a train I IH PAMYATX - PUSTOTA
You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away tY SMOTRI, ONI DERUTSYA ZA MEDYAK
And the things you can't remember i CHTO ZABYL DAVNO RASSKAZHET
tell the things you can't forget TOMU, CHTO NE ZABYTX NIKAK
That history puts a saint in every dream pRO |TOT MIR, V KOTOROM KAZHDAYA MECHTA SVYATA.
Well she said she'd stick around until the bandages came off oNA SKAZALA "BUDU RYADOM, POKA BAGAZH NE UVELI"
But these mama's boys just don't know when to quit nO |TI MAMINY SYNKI TAK I NE ZNAYUT, CHTO PO CHEM
And Mathilda asks the sailors i mATILXDA U MATROSOV SPROSIT
"Are those dreams or are those prayers?" "shANS ILI MECHTY?"
So close your eyes, son, and this won't hurt a bit zAKROJ GLAZA, MOJ SYN, NE BESPOKOJSYA NI O CHEM
Oh it's time time time, and it's time time time gDE-TO TAM, TAM, TAM, GDE-TO TAM, TAM, TAM.
And it's time time time that you love gDE-TO TAM, TAM VREMYA NASHEJ LYUBVI
And it's time time time gDE-TO TAM, TAM, TAM.
Well things are pretty lousy for a calendar girl chTO ZH, DLYA DEVOCHKI S OBLOZHKI NE TAKAYA UZH TOSKA
The boys just dive right off the cars tAM GDE NA ULICE MALXCHISHKI
and splash into the street MOYUT STEKLA U MASHIN
And when they're on a roll she pulls a razor from her boot oNI PODHODYAT ZA OPLATOJ, TY TYANESHX BRITVU IZ NOSKA
And a thousand pigeons fall around her feet i STAYA GOLUBEJ LETIT SKVOZX SIZYJ DYM
So put a candle in the window and a kiss upon his lips i GORIT SVECHA V OKOSHKE I ZHZHET GUBY POCELUJ
As the dish outside the window fills with rain i POSUDA ZA OKNOM VSYA POD DOZHDEM
Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart i YA KAK STARAYA ZANOZA V SERDCE TREPETNOM TVOEM
And pay the fiddler off 'til I come back again bROSX MONETKU SKRIPACHU I MY S TOBOJ SPOEM
Oh it's time time time, and it's time time time gDE-TO TAM, TAM, TAM, GDE-TO TAM, TAM, TAM.
And it's time time time that you love gDE-TO TAM, TAM VREMYA NASHEJ LYUBVI
And it's time time time gDE-TO TAM, TAM, TAM.
And it's time time time, and it's time time time gDE-TO TAM, TAM, TAM, GDE-TO TAM, TAM, TAM.
And it's time time time that you love gDE-TO TAM, TAM VREMYA NASHEJ LYUBVI
And it's time time time gDE-TO TAM, TAM, TAM.
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