Karaoke Track: Leningrad by Billy Joel (Sunfly) - Karaoke Nerds

Viktor was born

in 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 the state

Followed the rules

and drank his
vodka straight

The only way to live

was drown the hate

A Russian life
was very sad

And such was
life in Leningrad

l was born in '49

A cold war kid
in McCarthy time

Stop 'em at the
38th Parallel

Blast those
yellow reds to hell

And cold war kids
were hard to kill

Under their desk
in an air raid drill

Haven't they heard
we won the war?

What do they keep
on fighting for?

Viktor was sent to
some Red Army town

Served out his time.
became a circus clown

The greatest happiness
he'd ever found

was making Russian
children glad

And children lived

in Leningrad

But children lived
in Levittown

And hid in the
shelters underground

Until the Soviets turned
their ships around

And 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?

And 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

Title: Leningrad
Artist: Billy Joel
Brand: Sunfly
(7 Other Versions)
Codes: SFMW855-11 SFWS055-06
Genres: pop rock, rock, rock and roll, soft rock
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