Leningrad by Billy Joel

Viktor was born in the (1)____________ of ´44
And never saw his father anymore
A (2)__________ of sacrifice, a child of war
Another son who never had a father after Leningrad
Went off to school and (3)______________ to serve the state
Followed the rules and (4)__________ his vodka straight
The only way to live was drown in hate
A Russian life was very sad
And (5)________ was life in Leningrad

I was (6)________ in ´49
A cold war kid in (7)________________ time
Stop (8)________ at the 38th Parallel
Blast those yellow (9)________ to hell
And cold war kids (10)________ (11)________ to kill
Under their desks in an air raid drill
Haven´t they heard we won the war
What do they keep on fighting for?

Viktor was sent to (12)________ Red Army town
Served out his time, became a (13)____________ clown
The greatest (14)__________________ he´d (15)________ found
Was making Russian (16)________________ glad
And (17)________________ lived in Leningrad

But children lived in Levittown
And hid in the shelters underground
Until the soviets (18)____________ their (19)__________ around
And tore the Cuban missiles down
And in that (20)____________ (21)______________ sun
We knew our childhood days were done
And I watched my friends go off to war
What do they (22)________ on fighting for?

And so my child and I came to this place
To meet him eye to eye and face to face
He made my (23)________________ laugh, (24)________ we embraced
We never (25)________ (26)________ friends we had
Until we came to Leningrad

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