Red Army Blues Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Haros 

Cover art for Red Army Blues lyrics by Waterboys, The

Really nice melody, really nice lyrics. It is told that the song is inspired by the book "the Diary of Vikenty Angorov".

To comment a little bit more on the lyrics part: This is a touching but completely fictional story. Red Army soldiers were never sent to Gulags just because they came into contact with western soldiers.

However, this doesn't cancel the fact that this is a great song.