Фантом [Phantom] [English translation]

I'm running on scorched earth

Slam my pressurized helmet down on the go

My F-4 is a white arrow

With flattened out wings

Climbing skyward with a roar

I see the world turn into blue (1)

It's a pity to disturb it

A pity that you can't see it

My flight path is long and dangerous

As my F-4 is speeding towards the East

I'm making a left turn

I've become the reaper, not a pilot

Bending down over the sights

And the rockets dash towards the target

I'm breaking away for another go-around

I see a white line in the sky

My F-4 is losing altitude fast

The ejection seat is gonna save me

And the straps (2) are tightening

My heart's bumping (3) and I'm diving into a tailspin

I just landed and at the same moment

A wild howling came from the bushes

Yellow-faced Vietnamese

Chirping in the bushes like rabbits

I fell to the ground and lay still

Again I walk over this cursed earth

This time with no mask on my face

Behind me a gun barrel

That the soldiers poked me in the back

And my life is hanging by a thread

"Who's that pilot that shot me down?"

I asked one of the Vietcong

Then answered me fiendishly

The guy that led the interrogation:

"Well, you got shot down by Li Si Tsin" (4)

You Vietcong are lieing to me in vain

On the intercom I could clearly hear

"Go for it Kolya, I'll have your back" (5)

"Vanya, attack and I'll cover you" (6)

The russian Ace Ivan must have got me

(INTERLUDE)

Somewhere far away in my homestate Texas

Mum and Dad are waiting for me at home

My F-4 went down so quickly

On the clear blue sky

And I will never see them again