Частушки [Chastushki] [English translation]

There's nothing funnier than alcohol

There's nothing more disgusting than a cucumber

I took salt for sugar

And got the looks of a scoundrel

No one waits, and lumber doesn't warm me,

The dog is sleeping, the clock is ticking

The moon and boundlessness of the prairies

Why did you throw them onto the scales?

I am a passenger, I value the road,

I am an astronaut, I'm Kurt, I'm Vonnegut,

I'll lie down drunk at the threshold

Hopefully they'll pick me up in the morning

The way from Petersburg to Mecca is painful,

But I have bred a goat with a spider,

In every single human I see

A shadow of my moneylender

In subway's ring, in the smoke of a cigarette,

In the fire extinguisher, in neverending movie

I became bluer than blue vitriol,

And skewer than a porch askew

I am a climber - the seventh floor elevator-free,

To the place with your profile moulded on the door

In case half a litre is not enough for you,

Just add some water and make a liter,

In case half a litre is not enough for you,

Just add some water...

Oh how good it feels to stay away from drink for two months,

Oh how good it feels just to make love

If you can't have a smoke in the morning

Then why the heck wake up at all?

So that is why I cannot bear it,

And that is why I'm drunken without wine -

When we start singing

The whole country goes WOW,

When we start singing

The whole country sings along with us

• Artist:Splean
• Album:Фонарь под глазом (1997)