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Alma Ata (1928) Lyrics
A man came by this evening, dancing like a puppet on his strings.
He spoke of engineering. It's obvious he's never built a thing!
I finally shook my head and said,
"Men like you can't build your peace."
His personality, while charming, still betrayed an air of confidence
inconsistent with 'criminal' political dissent. I had to smile and think awhile.
I finally shook my head and said,
"Men like you can't fake your peace."
A man came by this evening, he spoke about my future in this place.
I had to smile and think awhile.
I finally shook my head and said,
"Men like you can't make your peace."
He spoke of engineering. It's obvious he's never built a thing!
I finally shook my head and said,
"Men like you can't build your peace."
inconsistent with 'criminal' political dissent. I had to smile and think awhile.
I finally shook my head and said,
"Men like you can't fake your peace."
I had to smile and think awhile.
I finally shook my head and said,
"Men like you can't make your peace."
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This song is about Stalin and the rest of the Soviet Communist party expelling Trotsky, exiling him and his family to Alma Ata, or Kazahkstan.
Oops. I was thinking Bad Party. Sorry. This song is only about him being exiled to Alma Ata.