Leningrad Lyrics - Billy Joel

Victor was born 

The spring of 44 

and never saw 

His father anymore 

A child of sacrifice 

A child of war 

Another son who never had 

A father after Leningrad 

Went off to school 

and learned to serve his state 

followed the rules 

and drank his vodka straight 

the only way to live 

was drown the hate 

the russian life was very sad 

and such was life in leningrad 

I was born in 49 

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A cold war kid in McCarthy times 

Stop 'em at the 38th parallel 

blast those yellow reds to hell 

cold war kids were hard to kill 

under their desks in an air raid drill 

haven't they heard we won the war 

what do they keep on fighting for? 

Victor was sent 

to some red army town 

served out his time 

became a circus clown 

the greatest happiness 

he'd ever found 

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was making russian children glad 

when children lived in leningrad. 

The children lived in Levittown 

hid in the shelters underground 

Til the soviets turned their ships around 

tore the cuban missiles down 

and in that bright October sun 

we knew our childhood days were done 

And I watched my friends go off to war 

What do they keep on fighting for? 

So my child and I came to this place 

to meet him, eye to eye and face to face 

He made my daughter laugh 

Then we embraced 

We never knew what friends we had 

Until we came to Leningrad.