Underneath a soviet sky
Secret lovers play ‘I spy’
The smoke and mirrors of their lives,
Morse code tapping, ‘lie la lie’

The simplicity of youth
Where you never tell the truth
All the tears you cried have dried
Now she’s on the other side

Broken hearts of the U.S.S.R.
The Coldest War in the U.S.S.R.
Broken dreams of the U.S.S.R.
Melancholy & bizarre
The U. S. S. (ah)

All the tears the cossack wept,
Frozen solid on the Steppe
Lonely Laika lost in space
All the stars that light her face
Layers of Matruschka dolls
The things that nobody controls
Comprommat in stolen past
From a Literature so vast

Broken hearts of the U.S.S.R.
The Coldest War in the U.S.S.R.
Broken dreams of the U.S.S.R.
Melancholy & bizarre
The U. S. S. (ah)

In кофейня they’d frequent
Lingering memories of her scent,
Long before he played the game
The sky was still the same

Broken hearts of the U.S.S.R.
The Coldest War in the U.S.S.R.
Broken dreams of the U.S.S.R.
Melancholy & bizarre
The U. S. S. (ah)