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Today's song is Psoy Korolenko's "Iowa."
Translated lyrics below...
Sweet being a star in the sky
Sweet being a bird in the nest
Sweet being a snake in the garden
Sweet being Orpheus in hell
Sweet being dew in the fields
Sweet being sausage in the mouth
But I alone feel like shit
Like shit, bro, like shit
I should go to the little state of Iowa..
(Buy me a ticket, fast, la-lee-la-la)
Sweet being a window in the wall
Sweet being an elephant in the circus
Sweet being a fish in the river
Sweet being grass in a bullock
Sweet being a wold in the forest
Or a pet dog
Or a cat
But I alone feel like shit
Like shit, bro, like shit
I should go to the little state of Iowa
(No need to remember me, laleelala)
I am like traveler in the steppe
I am like prisoner in chains
I am like a wounded beast
Who isn't let through a door
I am like a dead leaf
Who's lost his roots
Oh how fucked I am, bro
So very fucked, bro
Where are you, my little state of Iowa?
Oh, I just hope my dreams come true!
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