tOM v|JTS. Big time (PEREVOD: k.iGNATOV) --------------------------------------------------------------- © Copyright Tom Waits © Copyright kIRILL iGNATOV, PEREVOD Email: Ignatoff@bigfoot.com ¡ mailto:Ignatoff@bigfoot.com Date: 16 Dec 1998 pOSYLAYU PERVUYU PARTIYU PEREVODOV Waitsa. vTORAYA BUDET GOTOVA CHEREZ NEDELXKU-DRUGUYU. hOTELOSX BY USLYSHATX OTZYVY O SODEYANNOM. --------------------------------------------------------------- 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)  * Act 1 *  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  * Act 2 *  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. Time vREMYA 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,