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Moscow I came seeking fortune. But
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they're making me work till I'm dead. The
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bourgeoisie have it so easy. The
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Tsar's putting gold on his bread. The
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people of Moscow I came seeking fortune.
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I am
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the
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man
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who arranges the blocks that descend upon me from up above.
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I come down and I spin them around till they fit in the ground like
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hand in glove. Sometimes it seems that to move blocks is fine
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and the lines will be formed as they fall. Then I
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see that I have misjudged it. I should not have nudged it after all.
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The man who arranges the blocks That continue to fall from up
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above Come us go white, let the workers unite A collective
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regime of peace and love I work so hard in arranging the blocks
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But the landlord and taxman bleed me dry But the workers will rise, we will
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not compromise For we know that the old regime must die
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The blocks that continue to fall from up above. The food on your plate now
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belongs to the state. A collective regime of peace and love. I have no
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choice in arranging the blocks. And the Bolshevik rule what they say goes. The
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rule of the game is we all are the same. And my blocks must create
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unbroken rows. Long live the stars.
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I am the man who arranges the blocks that are made by the men in
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Kazakhstan. They come two weeks late and they don't tessellate, but we're working through Stalin's
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five-year plan. I am the man who arranges the tanks that will make all the
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Nazis keep away. The Führer is dead and Europe is red. Let us point all
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our guns at the USA.
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The blocks that are building a highly secret base. Hip hip hurrah for the USSR!
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We are sending our men to outer space. I work so hard in writing the
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blocks, but each night I go home to my wife in tears. What's the point
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of it all when you're building a wall and in front of your eyes it
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disappears? Pointless work for pointless
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pay. This is one game I shall remember.
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who arranges the blocks! But
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tomorrow I think I'll stay in
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bed The winter is cold I've got
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plenty of gold And I'm standing in
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line for a loaf of bread
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If we brought down Gorbachev I am the man
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who arranges the blocks that continue to fall from up above The markets are free,
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so much money for me Tell me why should I care for peace and love
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The markets are free, so much money for me
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and McDonald's there. The US gave us crystal meth and
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Yeltsin drank himself to death. But now that Putin's put the
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boot in, who
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