Если [Yesli] [English translation]

If I was arrogant I'd pick up girls.

If I was black I'd play the blues. 1

If I was younger I would've gone to London.

And if I was braver I would've said "I ain't afraid!"

[It's] Nothing, it's all going to be okay!

Friends, wait up!

God forgive, everything will be withered away,

Yet we should know what life is supposed to mean.

So if I was honest I would go to work.

If I was yellow I'd grow rice. 2

If I was one of us, I'd travel to the city.

And if I could understand it, I would've converted to Zen Buddhism.

[It's] Nothing, it's all going to be okay!

Friends, wait up!

God forgive, everything will be withered away,

Yet we should know what life is supposed to mean.

If I was Troppilo I'd be hanging from my yard. 3

If I was sobber I would've read between the lines.

If I was a cat I would've rested on a battery. 4

And if I was quiet I would've been sent to the corner.

[It's] Nothing, it's all going to be okay!

Friends, wait up!

God forgive, everything will be withered away,

Yet we should know what life is supposed to mean.

So if I was vodka I'd be never-ending.

And if I was beer I'd be there for the mornings.

If I was tea, no way in hell would I be Turkish.

If I was something, I would drag myself down.

[It's] Nothing, it's all going to be okay!

Friends, wait up!

God forgive, everything will be withered away,

Yet we should know what life is supposed to mean...

If I was smart, I'd go to church.

If I could, I'd give you a shot.

If I was a Red, I'd rather be White. 5

And if I wasn't already Rock, I'd want to be Roll.

[It's] Nothing, it's all going to be okay!

Friends, wait up!

God forgive, everything will be withered away,

Yet we should know what life is supposed to mean.

[It's] Nothing, it's all going to be okay!

Friends, wait up!

God forgive, everything will be withered away,

Yet we should know what life is supposed to mean... (x2)

1. Hey, everyone knows it would be rap or jazz.2. Okay. I'm a fairly relaxed guy and this was from I think the '90s but that is a nice pill to swallow. He ain't wrong though?3. All I can find is references to Mexican literature.4. He isn't lying. Our cat sleeps on a wine bag half her size and a broken suitcase four times her size.5. In a nut shell, Red Army were the bolsheviks and the white army were the anti-bolsheviks. The bolsheviks became the communists and the white disappeared or something like that.