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Thread #39480 Message #2831846
Posted By: mousethief
06-Feb-10 - 07:14 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add:The Ballad of Stalin (songs about Stalin)
Subject: Lyr Add: JOE THE GEORGIAN (Al Stewart)
Here's a somewhat related (but not pro-Stalin) effort from Al Stewart, a propos of nothing.
JOE THE GEORGIAN (Al Stewart)
Now I've got my payment For the service that I gave They've given me my ticket To this place beyond the grave I suppose it's kind of funny I suppose it's kind of sad Thinking back on all the times we had
But it's kind of hot and smoky In this ante-room to Hell And I won't make up a story 'Cause you know the truth so well It's much too late to worry That we never had a chance And when Joe the Georgian gets here We will dance, dance, dance When Joe the Georgian gets here We will dance
We all set off together On this sorry ship of state When the captain took the fever We were hijacked by the mate And he steered us through the shadows Upon an angry tide And cast us one by one over the side
But it's kind of hot and smoky In this ante-room to Hell And I won't make up a story 'Cause you know the truth so well It's much too late to worry That we never had a chance And when Joe the Georgian gets here We will dance, dance, dance When Joe the Georgian gets here We will dance
There's Kamenev, Zinoviev, Bukharin and the rest We're sharpening our pitchforks And we're heating up the ends We've got a few surprises For the mate when he appears I hope he likes the next few million years