Gulag Blues from Coldwar Junior by Oskar Hornbeck

I was born in the Ukraine
I was doing my time
They did me in just for treason
Cause I committed no crime
They shipped me off to the Urals
Upon some desolate peak
Ten thousand pounds worth of stone per month for
Two pounds of flour a week

I'm in the gulag!
I got the Gulag Blues

We wake at dawn every morning
Just breaking rocks til we're dead
Just breaking rocks for our comrades
Just breaking rocks for the Reds
Ain't seen no shipment of rations
I won't be eating tonight
I should have got into politics so
They'd have just shot me on sight

I'm in the gulag!
I got the Gulag Blues

Too weak to think of the future
Too weak to feel distraught
Hey is that Stalin Junior?
More justice here than I thought
Well all my muscles are aching
And my whole body's in pain
I only hope in my next life
I'm not reborn in Ukraine

I'm in the gulag!
I got the Gulag Blues
I'm in the gulag!

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