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The Victims of Yalta

from Happy and Sad by The Microcosmic Examples

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They never knew what we knew
They only had to live through
The fear and the death and the holding of breath
And the being a victim of Yalta

There were four million of them
To be one was to be condemned
To return to a home that was gone long ago
And that's why they're the victims of Yalta

General Volkov had fought with the Nazis
Which placed him in moral paradoces
Because he fought to overthrow the tyrant of Moscow
Who only wanted victims of Yalta

General Volkov had two hundred thousand men
Who would rather die than be Bolshevik
So die they would do for the Bolsheviks who
Would make them the victims of Yalta

And then there were the Cossacks of the Don
Who had long fled the Soviet Union
First went the men, then the women and children
And they were all made victims of Yalta

Locked in trains, they crossed the frontier
And many were murdered right there
But just as many more were transported to Siberia
Where they lived on as victims of Yalta

I sing for the kids who survived
Who had to live their arduous lives
Without mothers and fathers who'd been shot in the head
And made millions more victims of Yalta

If you fight for democracy
You might think that people are free
But not in this case, with a gun to their face
They were all made victims of Yalta

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from Happy and Sad, released June 24, 2017

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The Microcosmic Examples are Y.S. Fing and whoever is helping at the time. We tell stories using cosmic American music, purveying irony with love to a kick-ass beat. Everything else is happenstance. Don't be shy about listening closely and sharing your comments. We want to hear from you! ... more

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