Tuned down a half step
Intro:
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In the German sky there once was a plane
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It carries 71 children and their mothers to spain
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Well this plane was sure something
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It was full of young Russians
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Proudly to gander at topics discussin'
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Now Pete the Swiss was doublin' shifts
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Jugglin' the iron controlled by his lips
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Not a minute too soon children fell to their doom
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Struck dead in the air, orphan a father or two
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He just laid in the alley Now orphan Vitaly
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met a young girl married her quickly
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Was so damn in love that they had their two kids
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Had a great job; construction in Spain
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They were going to see Papa from Caucasus mountain range
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Now that damn Swissman crashed them into a plane
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I will find where he lives
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Speak to his face with the blood in my eyes
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He will see my pain
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Many weeks passed
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For fear of a sui
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The airline said nothin, Vitaly turned blue
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For the killing they done
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No apology made
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Is it 'cause we are Russian you treat us this way
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Through a friend that he new Vitaly found Pete
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He came to his doorstep expecting to speak
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But Pete blew him off
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Threw down the pictures Vi brought
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Pictures of the 3 most important he lost
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As the pictures fell down
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Re-enacting the day
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Vitaly's eye blackened no human remained
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Well so much can be said
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For a man in his shoes
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There's no glamour in vengeance There's only this rule:
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That the lives you lost can never come back
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And the deed in return is worse than the act
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Blinded by love and the pain of his loss
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He could not remember the act of assault
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He awoke in his room all covered in blood
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The cops they'd come knockin they knew what he'd done
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The government leaned Vitaly was free
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They called him the hero, a man above kings
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A shadow of man, they were praising his deed
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He was alone
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Killed a father of 3
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No deed that he did could make him complete
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It could have been different if only Pete said
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"I'm sorry for killin' the few joys you had"
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But now there's nothin' for Vitaly to do
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But step off a cliff or hang in the noose
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Robbed of forgiveness that he could'a gave
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There's no man left to save
Outro:
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Later theres always this figure for Em and C
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