Projector of Perestroika[*] lights up the Perestroika
The builder of Communism adores Communism
The KGB worker approves the KGB
Any correct bullet loves its gun
The Party is the mind, honor and conscience of the era[**]
Fine and eternal
Fine and eternal
Concrete freedom reigns in cast-iron cities
Propaganda posters control brave heads
Inertia runs docile bodies
And we don't exist, we don't exist, we don't exist, WE DON'T EXIST[***]
The Party is the mind, honor and conscience of the era
Fine and eternal
Fine and eternal
National anthems thundered generously
Forbidden books burnt down quietly
Triumphal salutes pealed over the world
A destroyed louse clicked under the nail
The Party is the mind, honor and conscience of the era
Fine and eternal
Fine and eternal
Spring is going to last long
The field awaits for fine grain
And we live in a fair land
But we don't exist, we don't exist, we don't exist, WE DON'T EXIST
The Party is the mind, honor and conscience of the era
Fine and eternal
Fine and eternal
[*]Projector of Perestroika was a popular TV programme of the Perestroika era. This line reflects Yegor Letov's skeptical attitude towards naive enthusiasm of Perestroika devotees, as at the very same time he and his friends were persecuted by the KGB in spite of all the "glasnost" and "liberty" statements (this song was written before the collapse of USSR).
[**] a well-known propaganda slogan
[***] literally, "there are no us"