chuck brodsky – warsaw in may lyrics
the godless ones were moving east
and we were turned in by a priest
rounded up with all the rest
the cattle cars from there went west
it was my precious violin
when we arrived that saved my skin
the audition i would p-ss that day
the wagner i dared not misplay
my violin would save my life
as well my daughter and my wife
they’d summon me to come and play
i’d close my eyes and go halfway
they were so merry and so g-y
who danced by night and k!lled by day
they’d give me little scr-ps of food
sometimes when they were in the mood
chorus
i’d draw my bow and they would sway
they had no orders to obey
the officers, their wives and wh-r-s
drinking their cognacs and their liqueurs
they craned their necks and strained their ears
i don’t know where they found the tears
maybe some place back in berlin
sometimes i slipped some mahler in
my violin would play itself
while i’d escape to some place else
my shattered mind would limp away
to warsaw in the month of may
conducting in the concert hall
i would not see the things i saw
i’d hear the woodwinds and the strings
i’d tune out all the other things
chorus
i’d draw my bow and they would sway
they had no orders to obey
the officers, their wives and wh-r-s
drinking their cognacs and their liqueurs
they craned their necks and strained their ears
i don’t know where they found the tears
maybe some place back in berlin
sometimes i slipped some mahler in
the band would start to play at dawn
until the work crews had all gone
when they returned we’d play some more
and in between we did our ch-r-s
we weren’t there to entertain
the people stepping off the trains
we played when we were told to play
we’d stop when they’d say, “go away”
chorus
i’d draw my bow and they would sway
they had no orders to obey
the officers, their wives and wh-r-s
drinking their cognacs and their liqueurs
they craned their necks and strained their ears
i don’t know where they found the tears
maybe some place back in berlin
sometimes i slipped some mahler in
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