tOM v|JTS. Big time (PEREVOD: k.iGNATOV)
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© Copyright Tom Waits
© Copyright kIRILL iGNATOV, PEREVOD
Email: Ignatoff@bigfoot.com
Date: 10 Feb 1999
hOTELOSX BY USLYSHATX OTZYVY O SODEYANNOM.
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Act 3
Rain Dogs pSY dOZHDYA
NAZYVAYUT TEH, KTO OSTAVIL I NIKAK NE NAJDET SVOJ PUTX...
Waits OPREDELIL |TO PONYATIE KAK "...IH MOZHNO UVIDETX PLUTAYUSHCHIMI VO VREMYA I POSLE DOZHDYA.
oNI NIKAK NE MOGUT NAJTI DOROGU DOMOJ. dOZHDX SMYVAET VSE ZAPAHI S POCHTOVYH YASHCHIKOV,
FONARNYH STOLBOV, KOLONOK S VODOJ..."
Inside a broken clock, chASOV SLOMALSYA KRUG
splashing the wine with all the rain dogs vSE PSY DOZHDYA SEJCHAS PXYUT VINO
Taxi, we'd rather walk, tAKSI ZASTOPIL DRUG
huddle a doorway with the rain dogs vSE PSY DOZHDYA RINULISX K NEMU
For I am a rain dog, too ya S NIMI, VEDX YA PES DOZHDYA!
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night o, KAK PLYASALI MY, ZAGLATYVAYA NOCHX
For it was all ripe for dreaming o, |TO PREDEL DLYA MECHTANIJ
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights o, KAK PLYASALI MY, OT OGNEJ UJDYA PROCHX,
We've always been out of our minds mY BEZUMNYMI BYLI VSEGDA
The rum pours strong and thin, vOT KREPKIJ LXETSYA ROM
beat out the dustman with the rain dogs nA MUSORKE POGROM, ZDESX PSY DOZHDYA
Aboard a shipwreck train, tRAMVAJ TEPERX NASH DOM
give my umbrella to the rain dogs mOJ DAJTE ZONT |TIM PSAM DOZHDYA
For I am a rain dog, too ya S NIMI, VEDX YA PES DOZHDYA!
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night o, KAK PLYASALI MY, ZAGLATYVAYA NOCHX
Her long hair black as a raven vOLOS EE SMOLX RASPLESKALASX
Oh, how we danced and you whispered to me o, KAK PLYASALI MY, SMEYALASX TY NADO MNOJ
You'll never be going back home tY NIKOGDA NE VERNESHXSYA DOMOJ
Oh, how we danced with the Rose of Tralee o, KAK PLYASALI MY, S rOZOJ IZ Tralee
Her long hair black as a raven vOLOS EE SMOLX RASPLESKALASX
Oh, how we danced and you whispered to me o, KAK PLYASALI MY, SMEYALASX TY NADO MNOJ
You'll never be going back home tY NIKOGDA NE VERNESHXSYA DOMOJ
Rose of Tralee -KONKURS KRASOTY V iRLANDII
Train Song pESNYA pOEZDA
Well I broke down in E. St. Louis zNACHIT,OTKLYUCHILSYA YA V CENT-lUISE
On the Kansas City line v |KSPRESSE NA kANZAS-sITI
and I drunk up all my money i YA PROPIL VSE SVOI DENXGI
that I borrowed every time i KAZHDYJ RAZ YA ZANIMAL
and I fell down at the derby i YA UKRYLSYA SVOEJ SHLYAPOJ
and now the night's black as a crow a ZA OKNOM, KAK VORON, NOCHX
It was a train that took me away from here eTO BYL POEZD, ON UNOSIL MENYA PROCHX
but a train can't bring me home oN NIKOGDA NE PRIVEZET MENYA DOMOJ
What made my dreams so hollow chTO SDELALO MOI MECHTY PUSTYMI
was standing at the depot kOGDA NA SKLADE YA STOYAL
with a steeple full of swallows i LASTOCHKI NA SHPILE GNEZDA VILI
that could never ring the bell gDE NIKOGDA NE BXYUT KOLOKOLA
and I come ten thousand miles away tEPERX ZA SOTNI MILX OTSYUDA
with not one thing to show i NE GROSHA NET ZA DUSHOJ
well it was a train that took me away from here chTO ZH, |TO BYL POEZD, ON UNOSIL MENYA PROCHX
but a train can't bring me home oN NIKOGDA NE PRIVEZET MENYA DOMOJ
I remember when I left ya POMNYU, KAK YA UEZZHAYA,
without bothering to pack nE VZYAL NI VESHCHI NI BAGAZH,
you know I up and left with vY ZNAETE KAK YA SORVALSYA
just the clothes I had on my back v CHEM BYL USHEL NA ABORDAZH
now I'm sorry for what I've done tEPERX ZHALEYU YA O TOM
and I'm out here on my own i TOLXKO ZDESX TOPERX MOJ DOM
well it was a train that took me away from chTO ZH, |TO BYL POEZD, ON UNOSIL MENYA PROCHX
here but a train can't bring me home oN NIKOGDA NE PRIVEZET MENYA DOMOJ
16 shells from a 30.6 16 PULX KALIBRA 36.
I plugged 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six ya VSADIL 16 PULX KALIBRA 36
and a Black Crow snuck through a hole in the sky i "chERNYJ vORON" NYRNUL V DYRU V OBLAKAH
so I spent all my buttons on an old pack mule tAK YA POTRATIL VSE BOEPRIPASY NA STAROM OSLE
and I made me a ladder from a pawn shop marimba i YA SDELAL SEBE LESTNICU IZ STARENXKOJ MARIMBY
and I leaned it up against a dandelion tree i YA PRISLONIL EE K STVOLU DEREVA ODUVANCHIKOV
and I leaned it up against a dandelion tree i YA PRISLONIL EE K STVOLU DEREVA ODUVANCHIKOV
And I filled me a sachel full of old pig corn i YA NABIL POLNYJ RANEC POROSYACHXIH OTRUBEJ
and I beat me a billy from an old French horn vOZDUH SOTRYASAYA ZVUKAMI VALTORNY
and I kicked that mule to the top of the tree zAGNAL OSLA PINKAMI PRYAMO NA MAKUSHKU DEREVA
and I blew me a hole 'bout the size of a kickdrum i YA UDRAL V DYRU RAZMEROM S BOCHKU-BARABAN
and I cut me a switch from a long branch elbow i SREZAL SEBE POSOH IZ KRYUCHKOVATOJ VETKI
Chorus hOR
I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin' iSKROMSAYUT TEBYA V SHCHEPKI,
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six chERNYJ vORON, 16 PULX IZ 36
whittle you into kindlin' iSKROMSAYUT TEBYA V SHCHEPKI,
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six chERNYJ vORON, 16 PULX IZ 36
Well I slept in the holler zNACHIT, SPAL YA V GLUBINE
of a dry creek bed POSTELI PERESOHSHEGO RUCHXYA
and I tore out the buckets vYRYVAYA PORSHNI IZ NEDR KRASNOGO kORVETA
from a red Corvette, tore out the buckets from a red Corvette vYRYVAYA PORSHNI IZ NEDR KRASNOGO kORVETA
Lionel and Dave and the Butcher made three lAJONEL I dEJV I mYASNIK SOOBRAZILI NA TROIH
you got to meet me by the knuckles of the skinnybone tree sVOIMI BALALAJKAMI NADDALI MNE POD DYH
with the strings of a Washburn i STRUNY u|SHBORNA
stretched like a clothes line PROVISLI KAK VEREVKI DLYA BELXYA
you know me and that mule scrambled right through the hole nO MY S OSLOM PROLEZLI V TU DYRU, VY ZNAETE MENYA
you know me and that mule scrambled right through the hole nO MY S OSLOM PROLEZLI V TU DYRU, VY ZNAETE MENYA
Chorus hOR
I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin' iSKROMSAYUT TEBYA V SHCHEPKI,
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six chERNYJ vORON, 16 PULX IZ 36
whittle you into kindlin' iSKROMSAYUT TEBYA V SHCHEPKI,
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six chERNYJ vORON, 16 PULX IZ 36
Now I hold him prisoner in a Washburn jail tEPERX ON TYANET SROK V u|SHBORNA TYURXME
that stapped on the back of my old kick mule nA ZADNICE OSLA ONA BOLTAETSYA TEPERX
strapped it on the back of my old kick mule nA ZADNICE OSLA ONA BOLTAETSYA TEPERX
I bang on the strings just to drive him crazy ya BRENCHU NA STRUNAH TOLXKO, CHTOBY ON SVIHNULSYA
I strum it loud just to rattle his cage ya BXYU PO NIM SILXNEE, CHTOB ON SODROGALSYA
strum it loud just to rattle his cage ya BXYU PO NIM SILXNEE, CHTOB ON SODROGALSYA
Chorus hOR
I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin' iSKROMSAYUT TEBYA V SHCHEPKI,
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six chERNYJ vORON, 16 PULX IZ 36
whittle you into kindlin' iSKROMSAYUT TEBYA V SHCHEPKI,
Black Crow 16 shells from a thirty-ought-six chERNYJ vORON, 16 PULX IZ 36
I'll Take New York ya VOZXMU nXYU-jORK
I'll tip the newsboy ya DAM GAZETCHIKU NA CHAJ
I'll get a shine i BUDU YA SIYATX
I'll ride this dream i OSEDLAV MECHTU
to the end of the line pROEDU DO KONCA
I'm going places mENYAYA RAZNYE MESTA
I'll take a ride kUPLYU BILETIK
Up to the Riverside dO rIVERsAJD
I'll take NY ya VOZXMU nXYU-jORK
I'll let it happen pUSTX VSE SLUCHITSYA
I'll pop the cork ya HLOPNU PROBKOJ
tear off the wrapping sORVAV OBERTKU
I'll make a splash on the Hudson vSPLESK NA gUDZONE
that's how I will arrive eTO - TO, KAK YA PRIJDU
Hey, do you have two tens for a five? eJ, DAJ DVA DESYATKA DLYA PYATI?
Roll out the carpet rASKATAJTE KOVER
Strike up the band oRKESTR GREMIT
break into the best vRYVAYASX V LUCHSHEE
champagne when I land shAMPANSKOE NA TRAP
Beat the parade drum bEJTE BARABAN PARADA
hit all the bars hIT VO VSEH BARAH
I want the moon and stars ya HOCHU LUNU I ZVEZDY
But I'll take NY nO YA VOZXMU nXYU-jORK
I'll make it happen pUSTX VSE SLUCHITSYA
Blow out the candlels gASITE SVECHI
tear off the wrappin' sORVAV OBERTKU
And I know someday i YA ZNAYU KOGDA-NIBUDX
they'll have to name a street after me mNOJ NAZOVUT TU ULICU
right next door to old Franklin chTO RYADOM SO STARYM fR|NKLINOM
More Than Rain bOLXSHE chEM dOZHDX (KONCERTNYJ VARIANT)
This is about all the bad days in the world... eTO - OBO VSEH PLOHIH DNYAH V MIRE.
I used I have so little bad days and I kept to mini little bucks dA, I U MENYA BYVALI TAKIE MALENXKIE PLOHIE DENECHKI, I YA SOHRANIL SOVSEM NEMNOGO BAKSOV
and one day I trough the ??? the yard. i ODNAZHDY YA TOCHNO POPADU NA KLADBISHCHE.
Oh, just a couple little innocent bad days. o, TOLXKO KAKAYA-TO PARA MALENXKIH NEVINNYH PLOHIH DNEJ.
Well we have a big grain. i MY UZHE IMEEM ODNO BOLXSHOE ZERNO..
I don't now why ever growing in. ya TAK I NE ZNAYU POCHEMU ONI KOGDA-LIBO PRORASTAYUT.
But I think we used put act shows after ring, coffee grounds too. nO YA DUMAYU, CHTO MY VSEGDA POPADAEM NA SHOU POSLE ZVONKA, ZERNYSHKI KOFE - TO ZHE..
Why don't plant your bad days the growing to weeks, weeks growing to months pOCHEMU NE DELAYUT PRIVIVKI? vASHI PLOHIE DNI VYROSTAYUT V NEDELI, NEDELI, VYRASTAYUT V MESYACA
Before you know you got yourself bad you. pREZHDE, CHEM VY UZNAETE, VY POLUCHITE TAKOGO PLOHOGO SEBYA...
Take it from me. dAVAJTE KAK YA.
Choke those little bad days pRIDUSHITE |TI MALENXKIE PLOHIE DENXKI!
Choke'em damn'em nothing pRIDUSHITE IH VSE K CHERTU!
Where're your days - choke'em! vSE VASHI DNI -PRIDUSHI!
You choke my days - I'll choke yours. vY DUSHITE MOI DNI - YA DUSHU VASHI!..
It's more than rain that falls on our parade tonight eTO - BOLXSHE CHEM DOZHDX, CHTO PADAL NOCHXYU NA PARAD,
it's more than thunder it's more than thunder i GROMCHE GROMA, I GROMCHE GROMA
it's more than a bad dream now well I'm soaped sTRASHNEJ KOSHMARNYH SNOV, IH NE OTMYTX MNE NIKOGDA
it's more than sad times it's more than sad times i TYAZHELEJ PECHALI, I TYAZHELEJ PECHALI.
none of our pockets are filled with gold dYRA V KARMANE, DA, ZOLOTA TAM NET,
nobody's caught the boquet bUKET NIKTO NE POJMAL
We run the darkness streets of the world pO TEMNYM ULICAM BEZHIM BUDTO NA SVET
I'm driving crazy of your gDE YA SVOZHU TEBYA S UMA...
It's more than trouble but I've gun myselfing too sLOZHNEJ PROBLEMY, HOTX PISTOLET U MENYA ESTX
it's more than woe-be-gotten grey skies now gRUSTNEJ CHEM V SERYH NEBESAH PECHALX
none of our pockets are filled with gold dYRA V KARMANE, DA, ZOLOTA TAM NET,
nobody's caught the boquet bUKET NIKTO NE POJMAL
We run the darkness streets of the world pO TEMNYM ULICAM BEZHIM BUDTO NA SVET
I'm driving crazy of your gDE YA SVOZHU TEBYA S UMA...
and it's more than goodbye I have to say to you i BOLXSHE, CHEM PROSHCHAJ, CHTO DOLZHEN YA SKAZATX TEBE
it's more than woe-be-gotten grey skies now gRUSTNEJ CHEM V SERYH NEBESAH PECHALX
and it's more than goodbye I have to say to you i BOLXSHE, CHEM PROSHCHAJ, CHTO DOLZHEN YA SKAZATX TEBE
it's more than woe-be-gotten grey skies now gRUSTNEJ CHEM V SERYH NEBESAH PECHALX
Johnsburg, Illinois dZHONSBURG, SHTAT iLLINOJS.
mESTO ROZHDENIYA k|TLIN bRENNAN, ZHENY tOMA.
She's my only true love oNA -MOE SCHASTXE
she's all that I think of o NEJ MOI MYSLI
look here in my wallet i FOTO V BUMAZHNIKE
that's her eTO - ONA
She grew up on a farm there mY VYROSLI VMESTE
there's a place on my arm i YA NA PREDPLECHXE
where I've written her name tVOE I MOE NAPISAL
next to mine IMENA
you see I just can't nET MNE BEZ TEBYA
live without her POKOYA
and I'm her only boy nAVEKI YA LISHX TVOJ
and she grew up outside McHenry tY ROSLA VDALI OT mAKgENRI
in Johnsburg, Illinois v dZHONSBURGE, SHTAT iLLINOJS.
Innocent When You Dream nEVINNA, KOGDA TY SPISHX
The bats are in the belfry nA KOLOKOLXNE MYSHI
the dew is on the moor a NA POLYAH - ROSA
where are the arms that held me tAM, GDE TY OTDAVALA
and pledged her love before lYUBOVX SVOYU VPROSAK
and pledged her love before sVOYU LYUBOVX VPROSAK
Chorus: hOR:
It's such a sad old feeling iTOG MOIH SKITANIJ
the fields are soft and green v POLYAH ZELENYH TISHX
it's memories that I'm stealing uKRADENNYH VOSPOMINANIJ
but you're innocent when you dream nO NEVINNA TY, KOGDA TY SPISHX
when you dream kOGDA TY SPISHX
you're innocent when you dream tAK NEVINNA TY, KOGDA TY SPISHX
Running through the graveyard pO KLADBISHCHU GONYALI
we laughed my friends and I mOI DRUZXYA I YA
we swore we'd be together sMEYALISX, OBESHCHALI
until the day we died bYTX VMESTE NAVSEGDA
until the day we died bYTX VMESTE NAVSEGDA
Repeat chorus hOR
I made a golden promise chTO MY NAVEKI VMESTE
that we would never part ya KLYATVU SOTVORIL
I gave my love a locket dAL MEDALXON V PODAROK
and then I broke her heart i SERDCE EJ RAZBIL
and then I broke her heart i SERDCE EJ RAZBIL
Repeat chorus hOR
Big Black Mariah bOLXSHAYA chERNAYA mARIYA
Well cutting through the canebrake, rattling the sill zNACHIT, RASSEKAYA ZAROSLI TROSTNIKA, S PODOKONNIKA - VODA
Thunder that the rain makes when the shadow tops the hill dOZHDX PROIZVODIT GROM, I TENI PLYASHUT NA VERSHINE HOLMA
Big light on the back street, hill to ever more bOLXSHOJ SVET NA ZADVORKAH, TAM SVALKA - NAVSEGDA
Packing down the ladder with the hammer to the floor pO LESTNICE SPUSKAYASX S MOLOTOCHKOM DLYA TORGOV
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah zDESX BUDET bIG bL|K mARIYA, ZDESX BUDET bIG bL|K mARIYA
Here come the Big Black Mariah, I seen the big black Ford zDESX BUDET bIG bL|K mARIYA, YA VIZHU BOLXSHOJ CHERNYJ fORD
Well he's all boxed up on a red belle dame zNACHIT, ON VSE SOBRAL V KOROBKU, VSE CHTO BYLO U NEGO
Hunted Black Johnny with a blind man's cane chERNYJ dZHONNI V BEGAH S TROSTOCHKOJ SLEPOGO
A yellow bullet with a rag out in the wind zhELTAYA PULYA VZBALAMUTILA VETRA
An old blind tiger, got an old bell Jim oSLEPSHIJ STARYJ TIGR, STARYJ KOLOKOLXCHIK dZHIM
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah zDESX BUDET bIG bL|K mARIYA, ZDESX BUDET bIG bL|K mARIYA
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the big black Ford zDESX BUDET bIG bL|K mARIYA, YA VIZHU BOLXSHOJ CHERNYJ fORD
Sent to the skies on a Benny Jag Blue pOSLANNYJ NEBOM NA bENNI dZHAG bLYU
Off to bed without his supper like a Linda brides do bEZ UZHINA I BEZ POSTELI SLOVNO NEVESTY lINDY TUT
He got to do the story with the old widow Jones oN NACHAL FLIRTOVATX SO STAROJ VDOVOJ dZHO
Got a wooden coat, this boy is never coming home dOMOJ ON NE VERNETSYA V DEREVYANNOM PALXTO
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah zDESX BUDET bIG bL|K mARIYA, ZDESX BUDET bIG bL|K mARIYA
Here come the Big Black Mariah, I seen that big black Ford zDESX BUDET bIG bL|K mARIYA, YA VIZHU BOLXSHOJ CHERNYJ fORD
Cut through the canebrake, oh yeah pROSEKA V ZAROSLYAH TROSTNIKA, O DA.
Well he's all boxed up on a red belle dame zNACHIT, ON VSE SOBRAL V KOROBKU, VSE CHTO BYLO U NEGO
Flat Blue Johnny with a blind man's cane pLOSKIJ sINIJ dZHONNI S TROSTOCHKOJ SLEPOGO
A hundred yellow bullets shook a rag out in the wind sOTNYA ZHELTYH PULX VZBALAMUTILA VETRA
An old blind tiger, on a bell you win sTARYJ SLEPOJ TIGR, ZVONOK - TEBE PORA.
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah zDESX BUDET bIG bL|K mARIYA, ZDESX BUDET bIG bL|K mARIYA
Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the big black Ford zDESX BUDET bIG bL|K mARIYA, YA VIZHU BOLXSHOJ CHERNYJ fORD
CD VERSIYA (SODERZHIT PESNI NE VOSHEDSHIE V Video)
Undeground pOD ZEMLEJ.
Rattle Big Black Bones gROM TELEZHEK S UGLEM
in the Danger zone sETX OPASNYH ZON
there's a rumblin' groan i UTROBNYJ STON
down below tAM - VNIZU
there's a big dark town gOROD TEMNYH SIL
it's a place I've found ya EGO OTKRYL
there's a world going on oN VEDET SVOYU ZHIZNX
Underground pOD ZEMLEJ
they're alive, they're awake oNI ESTX, ONI ZDESX
while the rest of the world is asleep v CHAS, KOGDA VESX NASH MIR VIDIT SNY
below the mine shaft roads v LABIRINTAH SHAHT
it will all unfold iDET SMENA VAHT
there's a world going on eTOT MIR VEDET ZHIZNX
Underground pOD ZEMLEJ
all the roots hang down kORNI TAM VISYAT
swing from town to town gORODA STOYAT
they are marching around tAM VNIZU
down under your boots pOD TVOIM BASHMAKOM
all the trucks unload nIZHE NOR KROTOV
beyond the gopher holes vAGONETOK ROV
there's a world going on eTOT MIR VEDET ZHIZNX
Underground pOD ZEMLEJ
Yesterday Is Here kOGDA PRIDET VCHERA
If you want money in your pocket tY HOCHESHX DENEG V KOSHELECHEK
and a top hat on your head i STILXNYJ KEPI NABEKRENX
a hot meal on your table gORYACHUYU EDU NA STOL
and a blanket on your bed i TEPLYJ PLED V POSTELX.
well today is grey skies sEGODNYA NEBO V SEROM
tomorrow is tears a ZAVTRA SLEZ VODA
you'll have to wait til yesterday is here tY ZHDESHX POKA VCHERA PRIDET SYUDA
Well I'm going to New York City chTO ZH, A YA EDU V nXYU-jORK-sITI
and I'm leaving on a train ya UEZZHAYU, NU I PUSTX
and if you want to stay behind and i ESLI HOCHESHX - OSTAVAJSYA
wait til I come back again tY ZHDI MENYA - I YA VERNUSX
well today is grey skies sEGODNYA NEBO V SEROM
tomorrow is tears a ZAVTRA SLEZ VODA
you'll have to wait til yesterday is here tY ZHDESHX POKA VCHERA PRIDET SYUDA
If you want to go i KOLX ZAHOCHESHX UJTI
where the rainbows end tUDA, GDE RADUGI KONEC
you'll have to say goodbye tY DOLZHEN VSEM SKAZATX PROSHCHAJ
all our dreams come true vSE NASHI SNY NAS ZHDUT
baby up ahead tAM, DETKA, VPEREDI
and it's out where your memories lie tAM, GDE TVOIH VOSPOMINANIJ RAJ
well the road's out before me chTO ZH, VOT DOROGA PREDO MNOYU
and the moon is shining bright nAD NEYU YARKAYA LUNA
what I want you to remember chTO YA HOCHU, CHTOB TY ZAPOMNILA
as I disappear tonight tO, KAK ISCHEZNU YA
today is grey skies sEGODNYA NEBO V SEROM
tomorrow's tears a ZAVTRA SLEZ VODA
you'll have to wait til yesterday is here tY ZHDESHX POKA VCHERA PRIDET SYUDA
you'll have to wait til yesterday is here tY ZHDESHX POKA VCHERA PRIDET SYUDA
Ruby's Arms rUKI rUBI
i will leave behind all of my clothes, oDEZHDU VSYU SVOYU OSTAVLYU
i wore when i was with you, EE NOSIL KOGDA YA BYL S TOBOYU
all I need's my railroad boots, lISHX PUTEVYE BASHMAKI,
and my leather jacket, dA KURTKU YA VOZXMU S SOBOJ
as i say goodbye to ruby's arms, vEDX YA SKAZHU PROSHCHAJ TVOIM RUKAM
although my heart is breaking, hOTX SERDCA LED RASKOLOT
i will steal away out through your blinds, ya PROSKOLXZNU SKOREJ MIMO ZAKRYTYH GLAZ
for soon you will be waking. pROSNESHXSYA TY UZH SKORO
the morning light has washed your face, vOT SVET ZARI OMYL LICO
and everything is turning blue now, sEJCHAS TY TAK PREKRASNA
hold on to your pillow case tY OBNYALA SVOYU PODUSHKU
there's nothing i can do now, sTOYU YA ZDESX NAPRASNO
as i say goodbye to ruby's arms, ya GOVORYU PROSHCHAJ TVOIM RUKAM
you'll find another soldier, vEDX TY NAJDESHX DRUGOGO
and i swear to god by christmastime i YA KLYANUSX POD rOZHDESTVO
there will be someone else to hold you. v CHUZHIH OBXYATXYAH BUDESHX SNOVA
the only thing i'm taking is ya S BELXEVYH VEREVOK SNYAL
the scarf off of your clothesline, PLATOCHEK TVOJ NA PAMYATX
i'll hurry past your chest of drawers, i OBHOZHU KOMOD SKOREJ
and your broken window chimes, s SOBOJ NE V SILAH SLADITX
as i say goodbye i'll say goodbye, ya GOVORYU PROSHCHAJ, I YA SKAZHU PROSHCHAJ
say goodbye to ruby's arms. sKAZHU PROSHCHAJ TVOIM RUKAM.
i'll feel my way down the darken hall, mENYA UVODIT TEMNYJ HOLL,
and out into the morning, UVODIT PRYAMO V UTRO
the hobos at the freight yards, bRODYAGI V GRUZOVYH SKLADAH
have kept their fires burning, oGONX HRANILI MUDRO
so jesus christ this goddamn rain, o, BOZHE MOJ, |TOT CHERTOV DOZHDX,
will someone put me on a train, pUSTI MENYA NA POEZD UHODYASHCHIJ PROCHX
i'll never kiss your lips again, nE POCELUYU TVOI GUBY VNOVX
or break your heart, i SERDCE NE VZORVET LYUBOVX
as i say goodbye i'll say goodbye, ya LISHX SKAZHU PROSHCHAJ, DA, YA SKAZHU PROSHCHAJ,
say goodbye to ruby's arms. sKAZHU PROSHCHAJ TVOIM RUKAM.
Red Shoes by the Drugstore kRASNYE TUFLI U APTEKI
She wore red shoes by the drugstore v KRASNYH TUFELXKAH ONA STOYALA U APTEKI
as the rain splashed the nickel pOSKOLXKU DOZHDX ZALIL VESX nIKELX
spilled like chablis along the midway pROLILSYA KAK VINO NA POLPUTI.
theres a little bluejay kAK-BUDTO NEBOLXSHAYA PTASHKA
in a red dress, on a sad night v KRASNOM PLATXE, V PECHALXNOJ NOCHI,
one straw in a rootbeer sOLOMKA V SHIPUCHEM NAPITKE,
a compact with a cracked mirror pUDRENICA S TRESNUTYM ZERKALOM,
and a bottle of evening in paris perfume i FLAKONCHIK PARIZHSKIH DUHOV.
he told her to wait in by the magazines oN ZHDATX EGO VELEL EJ U KIOSKA
he had to take care of some buisness it seems oN CHTO-TO DOLZHEN BYL DODELATX, EJ KAZALOSX,
bring a raincoat and a suitcase vOZXMI SVOJ PLASHCH I SUMOCHKU
and your dark eyes i TEMNYE GLAZA
and wear those red shoes i TUFELXKI KRASNYE NADENX
theres a dark huddle at the bus stop tEMNAYA TOLPA NA OSTANOVKE
umbrellas arranged in a sad bouquet v BUKETE GRUSTI RASCVELI ZONTY
li'l cesaer got caught lI cEZARYA POJMALI,
he was going down to second nAKRYLSYA ZA SEKUNDU
he was cooled i BYL ON OHLAZHDEN.
changing stations on the chamber pROIZOSHLA ZAMENA V RASPISANXI
to steal a diamond uKRASTX ALMAZ
from a jewelry store for his baby iZ YUVELIRNOJ LAVKI DLYA NEE.
he loved the way she looked in those red shoes o, KAK LYUBIL ON EE V |TIH KRASNYH TUFELXKAH.
she waited by the drugstore oNA EGO ZHDALA TAM, U APTEKI
cesaer had never been this late before dO |TOGO ON NI RAZU NE OPOZDAL
and the dogs bayed the moon sOBAKI VYLI NA LUNU
and rattled their chains iH GROHOTALI CEPI
and the cold jingle of taps in a puddle kAK LXDYSHEK V LUZHE TRESK
was the burglar alarm bYLA SIGNALIZACIYA
snitching on ceasar pODSTAVIVSHAYA cEZARYA
now the rain washes memories from the sidewalks sEJCHAS DOZHDX SMYVAET PAMYATX S TROTUARA
and the hounds splash down the nickel i SOBAKI PLESHCHUTSYA VNIZ nIKELYA,
full of soldiers SEGODNYA ZDESX POLNO SOLDATOV,
and santa claus is drunk in the ski room i V LYZHNOJ KOMNATE NAZHRALSYA dED mOROZ,
and it's christmas eve in a sad cafe sOCHELXNIK V POLUPUSTOM KAFE
when the moon gets this way oTTUDA VIDNO, KOGDA LUNA OSVETIT GOROD
there's a little blue jay kAK-BUDTO NEBOLXSHAYA PTASHKA
by the newstand U KIOSKA
wearing red shoes S KRASNYMI TUFELXKAMI NA NOGAH
so meet me tonight by the drugstore tAK VSTRETX MENYA SEGODNYA U APTEKI
we're goin out tonight i MY POJDEM SEGODNYA VECHEROM GULYATX
wear your red shoes i TUFELXKI KRASNYE NADENX
Falling Down pADAYA
I have come 500 miles just to see a halo ya PROSHEL 500 MILX, CHTOBY VIDETX NIMB TVOJ
Come from St. Petersburg, Scarlett and me iZ sANKT-pETERBURGA PRIBYLI sKARLETT I YA
Well I open my eyes, I was blind as can be chTO ZH, YA OTKROYU GLAZA, MOZHET BYL YA SLEPOJ,
When you give a man luck, he must fall in the sea eSLI MNE POVEZLO, POCHEMU YA TONU V TEH MORYAH
And she wants you to steal and get caught i ONA HOCHET, CHTOB TY UKRAL I TEBYA ZAMELI
For she loves you for all that you are not tAK KAK LYUBIT LISHX TO, CHTO TY - NET
When you're falling down, falling down kOGDA TY PADAESHX VNIZ, PADAESHX VNIZ
When you're falling down, falling down, falling down kOGDA TY PADAESHX VNIZ, PADAESHX VNIZ
You forget all the roses, don't come around on Sunday tY ZABUDESHX VSE ROZY, NE PRIJDESHX V VYHODNOJ
She's not gonna choose you for standing so tall dLYA NEE TY NE PRINC I NE BOG
Go on and take a swig of that poison and like it pRODOLZHAJ, VYPIVATX VESX TOT YAD I PODOBNO |TOMU
And don't ask for silverware, don't ask for nothing i NE PROSITE O SEREBRE, NE PROSI O NICHEM
Go on and put your ear to the ground pRODOLZHAJ, PRILOZHI SVOE UHO K ZEMLE
You know you will be hearing that sound......falling down. i ZNAESHX, TY USLYSHISHX TOT ZVUK - PADENIYA VNIZ
You're falling down, falling down tY PADAESHX VNIZ, PADAESHX VNIZ
Falling down, Falling down, falling down pADAESHX VNIZ, PADAESHX VNIZ, PADAESHX VNIZ
When you're falling down, falling down, falling down kOGDA TY PADAESHX VNIZ, PADAESHX VNIZ
Go on down and see that wrecking ball come swinging on along pRODOLZHAJ I SMOTRI, KACHAYASX BLIZITSYA SHAR
Everyone knew that hotel was a goner i VSE ZNALI, SNESUT TOT OTELX
They broke all the windows, they took all the door knobs oNI RAZBILI VSE OKNA, SNYALI VSE KNOPKI I DVERX
And they hauled it away in a couple of days i UVEZLI |TO VSE DVA DNYA NAZAD
Now someone yell timber and take off your hat tEPERX KTO-TO DOSKI STROGAET, SNIMAET SHLYAPU TVOYU
It's a lot smaller down here on the ground eTO SAMAYA MALOSTX LISHX ZDESX NA ZEMLE
You're falling down, falling down, falling down tY PADAESHX VNIZ, PADAESHX VNIZ
Falling down, falling down, falling down pADAESHX VNIZ, PADAESHX VNIZ, PADAESHX VNIZ
Someone's falling down, falling down, falling down chXE-TO PADENIE VNIZ, PADAENIE VNIZ, PADAENIE VNIZ
Falling down, falling down, falling down pADENIE VNIZ, PADENIE VNIZ, PADENIE VNIZ.
Last-modified: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 19:51:40 GMT