It happened the winter, I hunkered in Maine
When a modern-day Hitler invaded Ukraine
His people believed every word of his lies
What an awful strange world we humans devised

So long it’s been good to know yuh
So long it’s been good to know yuh
So long it’s been good to know yuh
It’s a mighty big war that’s got to be won
Then we’ll get back together again

The shelling began in the dark before dawn
The whole world was speechless after peace for so long
For Kharkiv and Kherson and Kyiv they come
The sirens were wailing as rockets were flung

Out of Crimea them tanks would have rolled
Save for the bravery in Vitaly’s good soul
He climbed down the bridge with the tanks overhead
He gave up his life to see every one dead

The telephone rang, it jumped off the wall
President Biden, a-making his call
Zelensky said “thanks but I don’t need a ride…
But we’d sure take some NATO boys up in the sky”

Lovers they sat in the dark and they sparked
They hugged and they kissed in that dusty old dark
Then back to the mix of the Molotov piss
Instead of marriage they talked like this

Spare me the strength to sing of the whole
The smoldering wreckage of Mariupol
They couldn’t be bothered to aim a bit wide
Of even a theater with children inside

The whole world can see that Putin’s a fool
He fuckered around and found out the rule
They’re not going back to their Soviet chains
No, they’ll fight to the death for a sovereign Ukraine

Slava, Slava Ukraini
Slava, Slava Ukraini
Slava, Slava Ukraini…
There’s a mighty big war that’s got to be won
Then we’ll get back together again