@ALBUM: Blood Type Artist: Kino 1989 Gold Castle Records All selections by Victor Tsoi. Translated from Russian. -------------------------------------- @SONG: Blood Type It's warm here but the streets are anxious for our footprints Stardust on our boots Cozy armchair with a checkered blanket The trigger which hasn't been pulled off in time Sunny day in blazing dreams CHORUS: The blood type is on my sleeve My number on my sleeve Wish me good luck in the battle Wish me not to remain here in this grass Wish me good luck... I can pay but I do not want victory at any price I do not want to put my foot on somebody's chest I'd like to stay with you, just to stay with you But the star high in the sky calls me: go! CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Shut the Door Behind Me They say they cannot afford any risk Because they have a home, there is light there And I don't know who of us is right Rain's waiting for me outside Dinner's waiting for them at their home CHORUS: Shut the door behind me, I'm leaving Shut the door behind me, I'm leaving Shut the door behind me, I'm leaving Shut the door behind me, I'm leaving ... And if you will suddenly get bored by your soothing light We've got a place for you: there's enough rain for everyone Look at the watch, look at the portrait on the wall Listen, there behind your window - you'll hear our laughter. CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: War Show me people who are sure of their tomorrow, Draw me portraits of those who died on their way, Show me the one who survived, one of the regiment - But somebody must be a door, somebody must be a lock and Somebody must be a key CHORUS: Earth, Heaven - There's war in between And wherever you are, whatever you do There's war between earth and heaven There are people somewhere who have day and have night There are people somewhere who have son and have daughter There are people somewhere for whom theorem is true Which will make the wall shake (?) CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Good Night Rooftops are shaking under the pressure of days A Heavenly Shepherd hereds the clouds, A city shoots its lights into the night But strong is the night, great is her power CHORUS: But for those who got to bed - good night, good dreams... But for those who got to bed - good night, good dreams... I've been waiting for this time and now this time has come Those who were silent aren't silent anymore Those who've got nothing to wait, mount their horses You won't catch up with them, it's too late now... CHORUS Neighbors come, they complain they hear hooves clicking They can't fall asleep, it disturbs their dreams Those who've got nothing to wait for - they take off - those who are saved, those who are saved... CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: We Are All Sick, Mama The seeds have fallen into the ground They're thirsty for rain - they need rain. Cut my chest, look inside - you'll see that it's all on fire. It'll be late next day, it'll be late next hour, Next minute you won't be able to rise. If the key doesn't fit the lock - smash the door! CHORUS: Mama, we are all sick, Mama, I know, we have all gone crazy... Steel between fingers, a clenched fist, hits into flesh. But we have poison in our veins instead of blood - slow poison. Smashed heads, broken peace, sliced in halves bread - Then somebody's crying, somebody's quiet and somebody's glad, so glad! CHORUS You gotta be strong, you gotta be able to say Hands off! Hands off me! You gotta be strong or else why should you to be Millions of words won't mean anything when you will need a strong hand And here you are on the shore, deciding to swim or not to swim CHORUS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Boshetunmay He who left his home at fifteen Will hardly understand a private high school student He who's got a right schedule for his life Will hardly be thinking about anything else We drink our tea in old apartments We wait for the summer in old apartments In old apartments where there is electricity, Gas, telephone, hot water, radio, parquet, Bathroom, a brick building, One family, two families, three families, (no ground or top floor proposals!) close to the metro, center. Everybody says we're together Everybody says but very few know where we have to gather And an unusual smoke creeps out of our chimneys Halt! Danger! Brainwork! Ooh! Boshetunmai! --------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: In Our Eyes Wait! Don't go away! We've been waiting for summer but winter came We've been entering people's homes but it was snowing in there We've been waiting for tomorrow Everyday we've been waiting for tomorrow We hide our eyes behind the blinds of our eyelids CHORUS: In our eyes - hey, go ahead! In our eyes - halt! In our eyes - the birth of the day and the death of the fire In our eyes - starry night In our eyes - paradise lost In our eyes - a closed door Just choose what you want... We were thirsty - there was no water We wanted some light - there was no star We walked out into the rain and drank water from puddles We wanted songs - there were no words We wanted sleep - there were no dreams We were mournful - the orchestra was celebrating a victory CHORUS ---------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Try to Sing Along The snow outside has lost its whiteness In the glass of puddle we see the moon We are walking, we are strong and we are fresh, Frozen fingers break matches, the matches will burn the fire CHORUS: Try to sing along Stand close to me This is our day - we've learned it from stars From omens of fire and water, from gods casting their eyes And we step onto the unfinished bridge We believe in our stars and everybody cries out: I'm ready! CHORUS And the weak - live from bottle to bottle They complain: "they don't let us sing, you can't sing here" But we are walking on, we are strong and fresh Our frozen fingers break the matches, the matches will burn the fire CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: It's Our Time, Our Turn! We wanna see further than windows across the street We wanna live, we wanna have our nine lives And here we are to claim our rights, yes! Can you hear the rustle of our coats - here we are! CHORUS: It's our time, our turn! We were born in crowded apartments in new districts We lost our virginity fighting for love The clothes you made for us no longer fit us We've grown out of them And here we are to tell you that CHORUS --------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: Hey You, You Better Keep Walking! I'm walking along the street I want nothing I put on my shades and I see nobody CHORUS: Hey you, you better keep walking or you'll be in trouble I go to concerts for free In the fall, in the winter I go In the spring and in the summer Hey you, you better keep walking or you'll be in trouble I come home late at night Switch on my stereo And my next door neighbor groans - he's having a nightmare Hey you, you better keep walking or you'll be in trouble ---------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: The Legend The outcry is stuck in my throat But the time has come and you cry or you don't But then somebody won't be able to forget The warriors Who were cleansing their swords on the grass And how the raven's black tribe were clapping their wings And how the sky was laughing and then bit its tongue And how the hands of the one who survived were trembling And how the moment suddenly became the eternity The sunset burnt like a funeral fire And stars were gazing like wolves frome clouds At those who passed into the Night and were lying with their arms abreast And at those who survived and were sleeping dreamless And life is just a word if there's love and there's death But who'll be singing if everybody will fall asleep? Death is worth living And Love is worth waiting... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I picked up this file at http://vivarin.pc.cc.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/lyr.songs?k/kino/blood.type.gz and has corrected the translation to make it closer to original lyrics. I don't know who was the translator - if you do, please let me know. A.K. (akravtso@nmsu.edu). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DON'T BLAME ME... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Wincentsen "Greetings from the Humungous- 267@ef.gc.maricopa.edu The Lord Humungous!" Glendale Community College, -The Road Warrior Glendale, Arizona ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I DIDN'T VOTE FOR SLICK WILLY!