This is the original English version of the song, sung by Michel Jahn and played by Galahad.
lyrics
Gospodin president, the infamous order was yours.
They play marches as if you had won your cruel „operation“.
You deceive many people but you'll never deceive us, of course.
And no wall, no palace will save you and bring you salvation.
Gospodin president, no, you are not a tsar, you're a thief
And the empire you want to bring back has been gone for so long.
And the shame will be yours, not the fame in which you still believe,
Even those turn away who swore on you and once made you strong.
Yes it's true you can shed all our blood in your pointless war,
We have only one freedom: to flee from the troups you’ve been sending.
Yes, I'll be a deserter, won't ever serve any more,
I don't care if my short, much too short life could be ending
Gospodin president, your purpose is holy and high,
You kiss cheeks of the children, guarding their fatherland safe.
But the times of the kings to give health to their lands have passed by.
You're a tyrant, and everyone else only has to be slave.
And the mirror reveals how it is, president, gospodin,
All the people around you live better lives, don't look that pale,
And the silk you wear is harder than a tarpaulin,
All your halls decorated with gold cannot hide that you fail.
Everyone wants to flee to a place where the wind only rules,
But can you find a place just to hide only for your own slay.
I am just a deserter, one of the men you call fools,
I don't need any slaying at all, want to see a new day.
Gospodin president, but somewhere inside, can't you see:
There's the boy still alive with the dreams of a better tomorrow
In the soul's deepest dungeon, a foreign agent is he,
Cause the grandpa has other plans, or shall we say... sorrow?
Will they poison me? Or are they planning a coup?
Are they laughing behind my back? Are traitors near?
The dictator grows old and banal, very soon, yes, it's true.
And he even looks at the deadly button with fear.
Is the blackness of cosmic holes not enough for you?
Are you ready to push that button so red in the end?
But I am the deserter! And with you I am through,
Even if my life will shrink, gospodin president!
credits
from Gospodin president,
released May 9, 2022
Words: Alexander Delfinov (Russian original). English version by Lothar Jahn, Peter Will, Andreas Bräuer and Michel Jahn. Composition: Lothar Jahn, arrangement Galahad and Lothar Jahn. Power chords by Marcus van Langen, additional guitars and final mix Lothar Jahn.
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