Balaga

[ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV]
Hey Balaga
Ho Balaga
Hey hey ho Balaga
Hey hey Balaga
The famous troika driver

Hey Balaga
Ho Balaga
Hey hey hey Balaga
Hey hey Balaga
The famous troika driver

[BALAGA]
Who’s that madman flying at full gallop down the street
Who’s that madman knocking people over
Running people down
While his fine gentlemen
Hold on to their seats

[ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV]
It’s Balaga!

[BALAGA]
Driving mad at twelve miles an hour

[ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV]
Balaga!

[BALAGA]
Comin’ straight at you
Get out my way, get out my way

[ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV]
Balaga!

[BALAGA]
Lashin’ my whip at horses and peasants

[ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV]
Balaga!

[BALAGA]
Risking skin and life twenty times a year
For my fine fine gentlemen
Yessir hey ho yessir
Yessir yessir yessir

[ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV]
More than once!

[BALAGA]
From Tula to Moscow and back in just one night

[ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV]
More than once!

[BALAGA]
A narrow escape from a wild Cossack fight

[ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV]
More than once!

[BALAGA]
They’ve beaten me and slapped me with their gloves

[ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV]
More than once!

[BALAGA]
Made me drunk on champagne, which I love!

[ALL]
Hey Balaga
Ho Balaga
Hey hey ho Balaga
Hey hey Balaga
The famous troika driver

Hey Balaga
Ho Balaga
Hey hey hey Balaga
Hey hey Balaga
The famous troika driver

[ANATOLE]
Who’s that slowpoke we abuse with wild and tipsy shouts

[BALAGA]
Who knows things that would get you sent straight to Siberia
If anyone found out

[ALL]
It’s Balaga!

[BALAGA]
Driving mad at twelve miles an hour

[ALL]
Balaga!

[BALAGA]
Comin’ straight at you
Get out my way, get out my way

[ALL]
Balaga!

[BALAGA]
Drinking and dancing with my Ruska Roma

[ALL]
Balaga!

[BALAGA]
Riding my horses into the ground
For my fine fine gentlemen
Yessir hey ho yessir
Yessir yessir yessir

[ALL]
More than once!

[BALAGA]
Driven you round with ladies on your laps

[ALL]
More than once!

[BALAGA]
Taken you places not on any maps

[ALL]
More than once!

[BALAGA]
Galloped faster than ordinary men would dare

[ALL]
More than once!

[BALAGA]
Jumped my troika right into the air

And I never ask for rubles
Except maybe once a year
I don’t do this for rubles
I do it cuz I like ’em!

[ALL]
And we like Balaga too!

[ANATOLE]
Whoa…

[ALL]
Whoa…

[BALAGA]
That's my song!

[ALL]
Whoa...
Whoa...