The samovar is full of tea

You stare unblinkingly at me

While your car waits in the freezing rain

I know your soul calls Moscows home

But your heart belongs to Rome

So for years I've followed you in vain

What you are

Along an endless balcony

Above the Adriatic sea

I tried to storm the Kremlin of your heart

In Florence we were on the mend

But that mazurka had to end

We missed the naked trees of Gorky Park

What you've lost

What you have

I heard you finally settled down

In a warm Italian town

So I took the train to see you there

Your wife is sweet and you're well fed

Your daughter tucked away in bed

Still you looked at me with great despair

I hear snow is falling on Red Square

"Valderi valdera

My knapsack on my back"