(English lyrics inspired by Dmitry Rastayev's
original song lyrics for Olga Kormukhina)
V1
Remember, as we were taught to be free like birds?
Ah, don't turn your head away!
Woodland choir with faces of magic glow:
Always clean, high and proud ones, all the way.
Used to be like Birds flying across the sea,
Taking off up there to be back anew.
Carrying constellations in our beaks...
Just recall,
CHORUS:
As we were taught to be free like birds?
Oh oh…, Oh oh…
Free like birds, oh-oh-oh-oh-Oh…
As we were taught to be free like birds?
Oh oh…, Oh oh…
Free like birds, oh-oh-oh-oh-Oh...
V2
Remember, we were taught to be chanting birds?
When each day... we wouldn't bother to sit around!
We would run... up to the staircase where at the top,
Worn sixstring... was there extracting the sound aloud.
We were unaware then, the kids of streets,
Even touching lashes with lashes out,
What we had behind these unfolded wings.
Just recall,
CHORUS:
As we were taught to be free like birds?
Oh oh…, Oh oh…
Free like birds, oh-oh-oh-oh-Oh…
As we were taught to be free like birds?
Oh oh…, Oh oh…
Free like birds, oh-oh-oh-oh-Oh...
V3
BRIDGE
Just look back… You can't have forgotten that.
Why we'd come to be... sticking outside:
Used to be so scary outside at night,
And the wings were quivering for the flight.
As we used to lay down, we alone!..
And we couldn't sleep staying up all night.
That was only time, love and alcohol...
Just recall…
CHORUS:
We were taught to be free like birds?
Oh oh…, Oh oh…
Free like birds, oh-oh-oh-oh-Oh…
As we were taught to be free like birds?
Oh oh…, Oh oh…
Free like birds, oh-oh-oh-oh-Oh...