Александр Кальянов - Песня о советских временах
текст песни

We'll sit in the kitchen with a bottle, like before
It's cozier here to have a heart-to-heart
How good a ruler Brezhnev was
And how well that classic Agdam wine went down

There's plenty of snacks and good vodka
Now you don't even know what to choose sometimes
It's just that many people's souls have become petty
In deep plates with fresh caviar

Who among us could have imagined
When our youth was in full bloom
That money would soon rule
And not good deeds?

You probably remember, we read poetry
To the girls, to make it easier to win them over
And secretly counted our small change
To buy dahlias for our beauties

Back then, they didn't make movies about gangsters
And it wasn't scary to walk in the dark
And even though we lived almost in a basement
We weren't offended at all, despite the cramped conditions

Who among us could have imagined
When our youth was in full bloom
That money would soon rule
And not good deeds?

Come on, pour into these very glasses
That remember that cognac - for eight rubles
Let's remember the stylish narrow trousers
And the songs of the kings of the street gangs

Probably, there was enough bad in the past too
But we respected people for their talent
Not valuing expensive junk at all
And the word "comrade" meant "brother" to us!

Who among us could have imagined
When our youth was in full bloom
That money would soon rule
And not good deeds?