Dvadeseti Vek [English translation]

One morning under my window

there was an indescribable fuss

I know I wasn't asleep, although I was yawning a bit

But there were four and a half billion people singing

I don't believe, I look and I get out of bed

It all sounds like Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

And I ask them "Do you people feel like singing?"

And they say "Yes." without hesitation

And then I ask "Is today a holiday of some kind?"

And they say "No, you are so boring"

[Chorus]

All the soldiers in the ditch

all the lunatics on the roofs

In the plane they sing because they are bored

The captain and the members of the crew

Beauties sing in their bathtubs

(U la la la la )

In the choir rulers with the rulers

(U la na na)

And no one is lip-singing

Although it is twentieth century

If I were a hippie I'd cut off my hair,

If I were a gangster I'd call my boss,

If I were fire I would smoke

If I were standing I would fall down

If I were dead I wouldn't be upset

If I were money I would devalue

If I were close I would answer

If I were a diver I would drown

[Chorus]

I don't believe, I look and I get out of bed

It all sounds like Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

And I ask them "Do you people feel like singing?"

And they say "Yes, without hesitation"

[Chorus]

And they all sing

Everyone sings...