Юрий Аркадьев - Дети войны
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Cannonade thunders outside the window
Baby sleeps in mother's arms
Everyone has long known that there is no need for war
But the shells scream, we hear the whistle of bullets
And the child, clinging to his mother
Sleeping, already accustomed to everything
He was born in a terrible roar
The world doesn't seem to him

Children, children of war
Children, children of war
You don't have happy dreams
Children, children of war
Children, children of war
Your dreams are full of bitter truth

And there are also those who remember the sky
When the sun meant dawn
A new day began, and there was no
It is for grief, for losses and troubles
There was school, games and fun
And friends' cheerful yards
There were no bloody pictures in the eyes
Children who have grown up at once

Children, children of war
Children, children of war
You don't have happy dreams
Children, children of war
Children, children of war
Your dreams are full of bitter truth

There are guys in uniform and shoulder straps
Trading carelessness for fighting
Lips bitten bloody in moans
Those who rose to fight for their own
And although in a dream they are still the same
Sometimes a childish look will give them away
A generation that laughs less often
Than the tear that washed his peace

Children, children of war
Children, children of war
You don't have happy dreams
Children, children of war
Children, children of war
Your troubles are not your fault
Children, children of war
Children, children of war
You won't have happy dreams
Children, children of war
Children, children of war
We will be faithful to your memory