72 Miles From The Sea

The October Revolution Is something to remember But the Russians don’t Celebrate it until November

  I don’t know much about Russia And I haven’t been there yet But I do know one thing for sure You mustn’t get the Kremlin wet

  State sanctioned assassination Of a foreign émigré But Polonium poisoning Seems a preposterous way To assassinate anyone Whateve...

  Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Was over in London, visiting When Trotsky knocked the door And asked “Is Len in?”

  My chauffeur is a Russian From a city called Rostov He’s very good at his job His name is Pikup Andropov

  Rows of Russian Dolls Were lined up on the shelves I really hate Russian dolls They’re so full of themselves

  Inside every single Russian Doll There are even more Russian Dolls If you listen you can hear them shout As they scream in unison to...

The October Revolution Is something to remember But the Russians don’t Celebrate it until November  

  I don’t know much about Russia And I haven’t been there yet But I do know one thing for sure You mustn’t get the Kremlin wet

  Inside every Russian Doll There’s another Russian Doll And yet more without doubt All of them screaming to get out

  My girl is teaching me a language Natalia is from Russia you see But it is not going very well at all She tried with simple things f...

  It was in 1701 that King Friedrich the 1 st , King of Prussia decided he wanted to have made, as was the fashion amongst the well to do, s...