Здорово и Вечно [Zdorovo i vechno] [English translation]

Projector of Perestroika[*] lights up the Perestroika

The builder of Communism adores Communism

The KGB worker approves the KGB

Any correct bullet loves its gun

The Party is the mind, honor and conscience of the era[**]

Fine and eternal

Fine and eternal

Concrete freedom reigns in cast-iron cities

Propaganda posters control brave heads

Inertia runs docile bodies

And we don't exist, we don't exist, we don't exist, WE DON'T EXIST[***]

The Party is the mind, honor and conscience of the era

Fine and eternal

Fine and eternal

National anthems thundered generously

Forbidden books burnt down quietly

Triumphal salutes pealed over the world

A destroyed louse clicked under the nail

The Party is the mind, honor and conscience of the era

Fine and eternal

Fine and eternal

Spring is going to last long

The field awaits for fine grain

And we live in a fair land

But we don't exist, we don't exist, we don't exist, WE DON'T EXIST

The Party is the mind, honor and conscience of the era

Fine and eternal

Fine and eternal

[*]Projector of Perestroika was a popular TV programme of the Perestroika era. This line reflects Yegor Letov's skeptical attitude towards naive enthusiasm of Perestroika devotees, as at the very same time he and his friends were persecuted by the KGB in spite of all the "glasnost" and "liberty" statements (this song was written before the collapse of USSR).

[**] a well-known propaganda slogan

[***] literally, "there are no us"

• Artist:Grazhdanskaya Oborona
• Album:Здорово и Вечно