Vladimir and Olga Lyrics
Twas a hot September, the hottest I can remember
We took the children in the larder, and headed for the warm climbs of Odessa
I'd worked hard the whole season
Olga portrayed a tiredness which she strove to conceal
We stopped at an inn and took some lunch - some simple fare of cheeses and borshch
The bread tasted strange - Olga mentioned to me the old wives tale of 'bread mould madness'
I laughed and ate, and ate and laughed
The food did me good, the beer refreshed my dusty brow
It was as we reached Odessa that I started to feel
The strangest mood descend over me from nowhere
The sky changed colour;
Vehicles on the road were a funfair
It struck me as being incredibly funny
That we four were in a tin can
Hiding ourselves from the cruel, harsh, alien world outside
I stopped the car in the middle of the intersection in the centre of Odessa
And stepped outside to dance and laugh at the insignificance of our ordered lives
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The traffic built up and Odessa saw it's largest
Most confused and contorted traffic jam and I started to laugh
I laughed and laughed until I cried and cried;
I cried and cried until I laughed and laughed
I laughed and laughed until I cried and cried;
I cried and cried until I laughed and laughed...
