| Hangover cologne,
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| I went to breathe ozone.
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| Came out, like not swinging,
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| Smiling to all passers-by.
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| Soberly weighing the situation,
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| I found Vaska and Vovka.
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| Counted on the bench
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| Three rubles and two kopecks.
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| We live in the twentieth century
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| What you need is in the pharmacy.
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| I said for fun:
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| “There are tinctures for poison.
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| Poison, it is more useful than chemistry,
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| He will cure all diseases.
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| On alcohol any muck
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| Makes people happy."
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| Chorus:
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| I want to note, by the way,
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| It was on the Arbat.
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| Half past ten in the morning
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| Nothing in the store.
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| We are without noise and interference
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| We appear at the pharmacy.
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| We say that we are sick
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| Mentally oblique since childhood.
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| If you need it, then you need it
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| I said: "Give me poison
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| From a gyurza or from a python,
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| But to be stronger than moonshine."
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| The saleswoman hesitated
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| We, like a cobra, smiled.
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| But then I got it anyway
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| Three bottles for three faces.
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| Here, grit, rub it,
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| Only, grit, don't get carried away,
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| Three times, no more, for a day,
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| Be careful near abrasions.
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| Chorus:
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| I want to note, by the way,
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| It was on the Arbat.
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| Half past ten in the morning
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| Nothing in the store.
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| We decided to drink at the entrance,
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| We were seated as if at a convention.
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| At the go-ahead, they poured into the mouth,
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| They hissed and howled.
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| Since Vovka has grown a tail,
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| Vaska is overgrown with scales,
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| My insides fell
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| And a sting flashed in my mouth.
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| And yesterday, right at the pharmacy,
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| Greek brothers drank with us,
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| Instantly stunned with poison,
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| And, like lizards, they took off.
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| Oh, and strength is in this poison,
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| We all have a tail in the back.
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| In a word, life has become easier,
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| If only we had enough poison.
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| Chorus:
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| I want to note, by the way,
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| It was on the Arbat.
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| Half past ten in the morning
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| Nothing in the store. |