#sayNotoPutin – Grounds For Hope

Goodbye Filthy Russia

Goodbye filthy Russia – a country of tyrants Country of fear and cold hearts The land that stuck in the mid of ages Hating future,

It has been a month of violence Unfair, unkind, unjust The world is watching like eighty years ago Lives dissipate into dust. It has been

Oh Moskal comrades, how much I wish You could get out of the darkness you’re in Trapped in one man’s tunnel vision A daily portion

I stand Protect you from the shelling Shot in the back made me numb I stand Bam, bam bullets propelling Look what the world has

Five nights of terror Rockets and bombs Five nights in a bunker Stillness and calm. A mother holds a child, hope in her eyes Hides

Cold Misty night under heavy bombardment On guard – as shells get close Feet strong on the ground, but a trembling heart Cold sweat under

Peaceful morning dawn shook by terror A missile from the sky brought morning rain A woman becomes a gun bearer For sovereignty and freedom to

In full repertoire, the Russian bear Well-trained by West to swing and sway Hand on nuclear warheads Who could dare? Trapped in a bear hug,

Stalin’s song plays balalaika Sick obsession with communal state Cycles of oppression and lashing out A gun in a face, an invitation to fate. The