"Balaga" lyrics

[Anatole & Dolokhov:]
Hey Balaga
Ho Balaga
Hey hey ho Balaga
Hey hey Balaga
The famous troika driver

Hey Balaga
Ho Balaga
Hey hey hey Balaga
Hey hey Balaga
The famous troika driver

[Balaga:]
Who's that madman flying at full gallop down the street
Who's that madman knocking people over
Running people down
While his fine gentlemen
Hold on to their seats

[Anatole & Dolokhov:]
It's Balaga!

[Balaga:]
Driving mad at twelve miles an hour

[Anatole & Dolokhov:]
Balaga!

[Balaga:]
Comin' straight at you
Get out my way, get out my way

[Anatole & Dolokhov:]
Balaga!

[Balaga:]
Lashin' my whip at horses and peasants

[Anatole & Dolokhov:]
Balaga!

[Balaga:]
Risking skin and life twenty times a year
For my fine fine gentlemen
Yessir hey ho yessir
Yessir yessir yessir

[Anatole & Dolokhov:]
More than once!

[Balaga:]
From Tula to Moscow and back in just one night

[Anatole & Dolokhov:]
More than once!

[Balaga:]
A narrow escape from a wild Cossack fight

[Anatole & Dolokhov:]
More than once!

[Balaga:]
They've beaten me and slapped me with their gloves

[Anatole & Dolokhov:]
More than once!

[Balaga:]
Made me drunk on champagne, which I love!

[All:]
Hey Balaga
Ho Balaga
Hey hey ho Balaga
Hey hey Balaga
The famous troika driver

Hey Balaga
Ho Balaga
Hey hey hey Balaga
Hey hey Balaga
The famous troika driver

[Anatole:]
Who's that slowpoke we abuse with wild and tipsy shouts

[Balaga:]
Who knows things that would get you sent straight to Siberia
If anyone found out

[All:]
It's Balaga!

[Balaga:]
Driving mad at twelve miles an hour

[All:]
Balaga!

[Balaga:]
Comin' straight at you
Get out my way, get out my way

[All:]
Balaga!

[Balaga:]
Drinking and dancing with my Ruska Roma

[All:]
Balaga!

[Balaga:]
Riding my horses into the ground
For my fine fine gentlemen
Yessir hey ho yessir
Yessir yessir yessir

[All:]
More than once!

[Balaga:]
Driven you round with ladies on your laps

[All:]
More than once!

[Balaga:]
Taken you places not on any maps

[All:]
More than once!

[Balaga:]
Galloped faster than ordinary men would dare

[All:]
More than once!

[Balaga:]
Jumped my troika right into the air

And I never ask for rubles
Except maybe once a year
I don't do this for rubles
I do it cuz I like 'em!

[All:]
And we like Balaga too!

[Anatole:]
Whoa...

[All:]
Whoa...

[Balaga:]
That's my song!

[All:]
Whoa...
Whoa...