| On Obukhovskaya Oborony Avenue,
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| Where there are always only right turns,
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| Where the Neva is not sewn into a granite box,
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| I lived there, seven years old and real.
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| On Obukhov Defense Avenue
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| So tasty were the "naval" pasta
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| And the road from the school ran to the house
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| Through mountains, ravines and windbreaks.
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| There was no "yesterday" and there was no "tomorrow"
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| Only blue sky and green grass,
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| And no religion or state for you,
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| Only the Sun trembles on the surface of Mother Neva.
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| On Obukhov Defense Avenue
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| Once I shot down a crow with a slingshot,
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| And then he bandaged her wing in the basement,
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| Only he barely healed his heart.
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| On Obukhov Defense Avenue
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| Our detachment in the war did not count cartridges
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| How many times have I languished in captivity with the Fritz
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| And, laughing, died to be born again.
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| On Obukhovskaya Oborony Avenue,
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| where forever and ever I am not a stranger,
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| Where the Neva is not sewn into a granite box,
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| I am always seven years old and real.
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| And when I have to put an end
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| For just a minute, I'll take a reprieve,
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| Lay a farewell turn tricky
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| Over Prospect Obukhovskoy Oborony. |