Russian Ballerina

Em Em It takes ten years just to get Em Am B Your stinking leg up Em Then five more to make it Em Am B Not look like shit Am Soviet children form a crowd Am Sized and tested Am Em Who will be a star Am Hero of passion of whom they'll say Am B She took her final breath in grand plie Em O! My mother! Russian Ballerina! Em Am B You were a swan but now you're swimming in the Carribean Em O! My mother! Russian Ballerina! Em Am B Nobody knows how you can live without the love of your life Em Everybody's asking me Em Am B Where is Mary? Em I don't see her at the theatre Em Am B Or the parties Am That's right, because she's carving bamboo Am Em Far from the artistic millieu Am B Never thought she'd live without allegiance to a life of art Em O! My mother! Russian Ballerina! Em Am B You were a swan but now you're swimming in the Carribean Em O! My mother! Russian Ballerina! Em Am B Nobody knows how you can live without the love of your life Em La la la, la la la la la Am La la la, la la la la la Em Life changes Em One day its eggshells and bread Em Married to an intellect Em Am B The next you drive a corvette Em Things change Em You live your life for the stage Em Til your kidney floats away Em Am B Thrown in a car accident Am A time for art, a time for living Am Em Sometimes the two can be conflicting Am And mama I'll meet you at Caribana Am B Together we're the highest form of art Em O My mother! Russian Ballerina! Em Am B You were a swan but now you're swimming in the Carribean Em O! My mother! Russian Ballerina! Em Am B Nobody knows how you can live without the love of your life Em O! My mother! Russian Ballerina! Em Am B Too bad your priuettes now look almost as bad as mine Em O! My mother! Russian Ballerina! Em Am B Who needs that bullshit we can drink at the casino all night (Everybody now!) Em La la la, la la la la la Am La la la, la la la la la