In Red Square

Album: Russians & Americans (1984)
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  • It's a shame about Stalin, the curator said
    He really was one of the best
    Just look at the detail on that head
    Too bad to melt him down with the rest
    But since they wrote him out of the history books
    Nobody gives him a second look
    It's amazing how little time it took
    And now he's never gonna get his statue up in Red Square

    I remember Krushchev, the old man said
    He had real strength in his jaw
    The setting sun would turn his skull pale red
    But now they've packed him off to the store
    He used to know how to stir things up back then
    Banging his shoe on the table at the UN
    He said he'd bury the west again and again
    But now he's never gonna get his statue up in Red Square

    Too bad about Lenin, the old man sighed
    He really had quite a run
    For seventy years he was idolized
    Even though he missed most of the fun
    But the new revolution promised everyone cars
    So they burned down the Kremlin and brought back the Tsars
    Now they're spraying blue paint over all the red stars
    And he doesn't even have his picture up in Red Square Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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