G5 A5 C5 D5 Viktor was born in spring of '44 G5 A5 C5 D5 And he never saw his father anymore G5 A5 G5 A5 A child of sacrifice, a child of war G5 D5 E5 C5 D5 G5 Another son who never had a father after Leningrad G5 A5 C5 D5 Went of to school and learned to serve the state G5 A5 C5 D5 Followed the rules and drank his vodka straight G5 A5 G5 A5 The only way to live was drown the hate G5 D5 E5 C5 D5 G5 A Russian life was very sad and such was life in Leningrad G5 D5 I was born in '49 a cold war kid in Mc Carthy time F5 D5 Stop 'em a the 38th parallel blast those yellow reds to hell G5 D5 And Cold War kids were hard to kill under their desk in an air raid drill F5 D5 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 Levitown and hid in the shelters underground Until the Soviets turned their ships around and tore all the cuban missles down And in that bright Oktober 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 come 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