Land of Yesterday

Once I had a palace
 Here, merely a flat
 I fled with some diamonds
 And that was that
 (It's very tragic)
 Once, ladies-in-waiting
 All bending a knee
 Now, only one lady-in-waiting me
 (No fanfares)
 (Or sedan chairs)
 (And no coaches)
 (And we sold our broaches)
 (No afternoon card games with the Tsar)
 No caviar
 But I say we're not dead now
 (We're not dead now)
 (We're in France instead now)
 Let us not be sad
 The night's young
 And Russians are mad so
 Let's live in the land of yesterday
 Live in the grand Imperial heyday
 Let's live in the land of yesterday Russia
 (Husha)
 Let's put on the fancy clothes
 And let's while our woes away
 In Russia
 Land of yesterday
 In dire circumstances, why wallow in regret?
 We're out of second chances
 Why are we here except to forget
 We know the world is fickle
 Life is a leaky sieve
 Pass me a glass
 And give me a bow
 And drink to the countess nobody now
 Why should I care?
 As long as I dare to live
 (In the land of yesterday)
 Let's run up the bill as if we're still, royalty at play
 In Russia, land of yesterday
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 The night's young
 And Russians are mad so
 Let's live in the land of yesterday
 Live in the grand Imperial heyday
 Let's live in the land of yesterday
 Russia!
 Husha
 Let's brush off the days of old
 And let's hold the world at bay
 (Yes, here's to)
 Russia!
 (Here's to)
 Russia!
 (Here's to Russia)
 Land of yesterday
 Land of yesterday
 Hey!