“Just Don’t Tell Mom I’m In Chechnya” is written from the perspective of a Russian soldier fighting during the Chechen Wars from the 1991 to 2000, who is writing home to his sister in Russia. The tone of the song reflects the negative feelings towards the wars by both the Russian citizens and Russia...
Romanized russian lyrics:
Privet malyshka moya rodnaya, nu kak dela?
Naverno k domu zima dorozhki vse zamela
(X2) V nebe nad Groznym tayut zvezdy v luchakh zari
Ty tolʹko mame chto ya v Chechne ne govori
Segodnya noch'yu chechenskoĭ padloĭ byl tank podbit
Mekhanik-voditelʹ v tyulʹpane chernom domoĭ letit
Zavytʹ by matom voĭna - padlyuga v ogne gori
Ty tolʹko mame chto ya v Chechne ne govori
Zavytʹ by matom voĭna - padlyuga v ogne gori
Ty tolʹko mame chto ya v Chechne ne govori
Pridyot subbota, belʹe pochistim i chert s voĭnoĭ
Ne spyat rebyata i zapakh pota - byl trudnyĭ boĭ
Opyatʹ iz boya ne vyshlo troe, khotʹ plach, ori
Ty tolʹko mame chto v Chechne ne govori
Opyatʹ iz boya ne vyshlo troe, khotʹ plach, ori
Ty tolʹko mame chto v Chechne ne govori
Opyatʹ s rebyatami idem na karavan
Gory streliayut, chernaya krepostʹ - Ochkoĭ-martan
S drugom Saneĭ chto on vernyotsya derzhu pari
Ty tolʹko mame chto ya v Chechne ne govori
Opyatʹ devchonke ya shlyu goryachiĭ, bolʹshoĭ privet
No chto-to dolgo mne iz doma pisem net
A esli sprosyat o chem pishu ya, nu chtozh, sovri
Ty tolʹko mame chto ya... Ne govori
A esli sprosyat o chem pishu ya, nu chtozh sovri
Ty tolʹko mame chto ya voyuyu ne govori
Just Don’t Tell Mom I’m In Chechnya was written by Vladmir Andriyuk.