(copyright Luke Lindemann 2010) Lyrics below:
"I left my wife in Potsdam with my children on the platform
This was back in 2042
I hitched up with a trawler hauling cargo for the Motherland
And now I am the captain of this crew
We're off to Spaceport Zhemchug on commission from the Chairman
Its been months since we last stood on Martian ground
Reactionary bourgeoisie have plagued us with their piracy
And all the horrors of deep space abound
We are not idealists and we are not the vanguard
We drink and steal and sometimes pay for love
But even we can understand the glory of our Motherland
Which shines as diamonds in the skies above
We sing to Common Welfare as we spread it to the stars!
And the brothels and the liquor Ports we pass along the way
Tovarisch pour another glass and raise it to the sky!
Toast za tee-byá! Hey! Hey!
Natalia is our pilot and she's certainly no violet
But she'll break the bones of any who would cross us
The doctor's name is Dürmann and like me he is a German
He's the lone survivor of Project Colossus
The ship's command rests solely on the head of Anatoly
If I should die or get too drunk to lead
We have a dog named Koschka and as for it and Laika
They must have shared the same heroic breed
Our engineer's from Minsk and he could really use a 'rinsk'
He never bathes but runs the ship just fine
His lackey is named Hank and though he is a Yank
He always knows to toe the party line
We sing to Common Welfare as we spread it to the stars
And the brothels and the liquor ports we pass along the way
Tovarisch pour another glass and raise it to the sky
Toast za tee-byá! Hey! Hey!
Raise it to the sky because the sky is all around us!
Za tee-byá! Hey! Hey!"
{{{ For those of you who feel that this song inaccurately or negatively portrays Germans, Russians, Belarusians, space trucking as a profession, the Intergalactic Space Trucker's Guild, or even Retro-Futuristic Space Communism as an institution, I would remind you that as this song has been approved by the Committee for the Improvement of Literature and Music and is in line with the Statutes of Appropriate Themes, Topics, and Characters in State-Approved Artistic Endeavours (codified 2037), any critique of this work can be considered as treason. You have been warned. }}}
