I was plodding down the road one autumn day,
My feet were killing me, I just conquered a steep climb,
It was a nasty October day,
When I heard a sound,
Akin the one of a thunder.
I looked behind, and I saw a cloud of dust,
And through it came three wheels, devouring miles,
I looked behind, wandering
whether it would stop for me or not,
I was so tired of flagging the ride down for the last hundred thousands years.
I lifted my hand, thumb up, in desperation, and you stopped,
You asked me: “Where to, honey?
If to the north - I can give you a ride”.
I picked up my guitar, smiled, and replied that I was going the same way.
And you smiled too, said that you were called Valentina,
That you just installed studded tires,
And asked me if I could sing something for you?
I took my Gibson1 out of it’s case, took a drag on a cigarette, and commenced.
I sang to her about “a Jew”2, about “here is a thing, brother, it’s love”3,
I sang “Hoochie Coochie Man”4 for her,
And then once more about “a Jew”, and then “of love”5,
I then started singing about “a tea”6, but she interrupted me:
“Listen, buddy, wait up”.
The motor stalled, and I climbed out of the sidecar,
Silence fell, everything around was like a fairytale.
The fields, the forests, the sky and the creek, and you got out a flask,
Unscrewed the cap and said: “Here, buddy, drink up..”
And while I was getting wasted, you were fixing the motor,
It refused to get started, it decided to take us hostage,
There was pure alcohol in the flask, and I got so drunk that I nearly fell down,
And you said:
“Sorry, brother, but it’s not a Harley7, it’s an Ural”8
And I cried out: “Valentina, I don’t give a damn about Harley Davidson,
Of course, no question, we are not gonna compare,
But if you want, I can play some blues for you,
Just don’t pay attention if I made any mistakes for some reason,
So here is “Ural biker blues”.
I was playing for two hours straight, and you were fixing the clutch,
And lo and behold, a miracle happened,
And I quickly got into a sidecar, and we sped away,
And did it so fast that you had to warn me: “Honey, hold on!”
Speed on, speed on, Valentina, speed on.
You’ve got one heck of a ride, speed on.
See, Valya, I’m not scared at all,
And we will be free, so long as my “Ural biker blues” plays on.
1. American guitar manufacturer2. https://lyricstranslate.com/en/chizh-amp-%D1%81o-%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%...3. https://lyricstranslate.com/en/chizh-so-takiye-dela-lyrics.html4. https://lyricstranslate.com/en/chizh-so-hoochie-coochie-man-lyrics.html5. https://lyricstranslate.com/en/chizh-%D1%81o-%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D1...6. https://lyricstranslate.com/en/chizh-so-hochu-chayu-russkaya-lyrics.html7. Harley-Davidson -American company primarily known by the eponymous motorcycle brand8.
IMZ-Ural (Irbitskiy Mototsikletniy Zavod, lit. 'Irbit Motorcycle Factory') is a Russian maker of heavy sidecar motorcycles.