Kyiv, Ukraine by Maharadja Sweets

Grandma remembers well though she was only five
The way the pogrom came storming through the town
They hid her and her sister in the closet there
They said "Little grandma now don't you make a sound"

Through the back pages of my history
On an old forgotten lane
If you visit you'll find her standing there with her thousand yard stare
Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

Dad remembers the spring of 1985
It was May Day and they marched the school children through town
Well the mayor and his top men put on protective gear
They didn't tell no one the plant had melted down

Through the back pages of my history
On an old forgotten lane
If you visit you'll find dad standing there with his thousand yard stare
Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

Now me I went to school for 27 years became an engineer
now i'm selling chessboards in the street
til one day this young toothless thug comes up to me
he says "mister you're selling chessboards on my beat"

Through the back pages of my history
On an old forgotten lane
If you visit you'll find me standing there with my thousand yard stare
Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

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