Russian Ship

RUSSIAN SHIP

There's a Russian ship out lost at sea in changing times

There's a lonely tide that brings to mind the days gone by

And the simple fact that leads me back is that no one cared

There's a Russian ship out lost at sea and I feel scared

And look now, look there's another book

And look now, there's a story

That in Kiev they were tearing down statues

Tzaralena where's our world gone

Tzaralena where's our home gone

Mother Russia's out there sinking

And the Western world is thinking

That we're better off than what we were

And the Russian ship that's lost at sea is fading fast

Cos the man who tried the changing winds, has burst its mast

As I think about what's left and how it's come to this

And there's shame inside cos I denied the days I miss

And look, now look there's another book

And look now there's a person, says he's Russian

And he once defied Lenin

Tzaralena where's our world gone

Tzaralena where's our home gone

Mother Russia's out there sinking

And the Western world is thinking

That we're better off than what we were

Do you think we'll ever be happy here

In a come what may

Do you think we'll ever be satisfied

Living life this way?

Tzaralena where's our world gone

Tzaralena where's our home gone

Mother Russia's out there sinking

And the Western world is thinking

That we're better off than what we were