Eugenius (you're A Genius) Lyrics - Ian Dury

Now here's a story of a little lad 

With a Polish Mum and a Russian Dad 

Whose bosses said this love was bad 

They sent his Dad to Leningrad 

His Mum got ill and soon she died 

A Polish orphan was certified 

They stuck the little boy inside 

For years and years he cried and cried 

Eugenius, you're a genius 

Eugenius, you're a genius 

Eugenius grew to be eighteen 

With a father he'd not heard nor seen 

A Polish Dad for whom love was mean 

Set his sights on stage and screen 

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An actor now in a traveling show 

The troupe performed in old Moscow 

The father whom he did not know 

Turned up and begged him not to go 

Eugenius, you're a genius 

Eugenius, you're a genius 

Two days of vodka drunken race 

With vodka tears upon his face 

His father to his own disgrace 

Said "Poland's such a little place" 

"While over here I've got it made 

The Russian rules must be obeyed 

I investigate the black market trade 

And I'm the one who must be obeyed" 

Eugenius, you're a genius 

Eugenius, you're a genius 

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A voice said "No, I'll go alone 

To the only home I've ever known 

To start a family of my own 

Such is the seed that you have sown" 

And then he heard that his Dad was dead 

With a Russian bullet in his head 

So he wrote to Moscow for some bread 

"Forget it son", was all they said 

Eugenius, you're a genius, 

Eugenius, you're a genius, 

(repeat to end)