Words: Pavel Voronkov
Music: Alexander Pilishvili
Additional music, arrangements and solos: Sergey Paliy and also Pavel Voronkov, Alexander Pilishvili
2000-version additional lyrics: Pavel Voronkov
I’ve seen that girl crying in the bed
Her mother’s low and her father’s dead
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Don’t you think my friend?
I've seen that girl standing on her knees
Pain in her eyes never seemed to ease
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Won't they get back, please?
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And she can’t carry on
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She’s in this life alone
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She has no food, no drink
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She’s gonna die, I think
I’ve seen that girl begging in the street
Bruises on her face, scratches on her feet
You are the culprit
But you have no guilt
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I’ve taken very much
But now I ought to give
I have no money more
I have no will to live
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And I can’t carry on
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I’m in this life alone
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I have no food, no drink
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I’m gonna die, I think
I’ve seen that girl in the rubbish heap
Knife in her body was sticking deep
Her bloody eyes were opened bright
I lifted her and then embraced tight
Goodbye, my martyr!
Goodbye, my light!
I lie in wait and I remember
That it was me who bought that knife
I gave it to her and I said
- My dear, your life is not a real life!
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