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Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris

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    To Moscow I came seeking fortune…
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    But they're making me work 'till I'm dead.
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    The Bourgeoisie have it so easy…
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    Tsar's putting gold on his bread!
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    The People of Moscow are hungry.
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    But then, what a feast, there could be…
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    If we could create, a socialist state…
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    that cared for the people, like me.
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    I am the man that arranges the blocks,
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    that descend upon me from up above.
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    They come down, and I spin them around,
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    'till they fit in the ground like hand in glove.
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    Sometimes it seems that to move blocks, is fine
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    and the lines will be formed as they fall.
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    Then I see that I have misjudged it.
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    I shouldn't have nudged it, after all.
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    Can I have a long one please?
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    Why must these infernal blocks tease?
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    I am the man who arranges the blocks
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    That continue to fall from up above.
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    Come Muscovite! Let the workers unite!
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    A collective regime of peace and love.
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    I work so hard in arranging the blocks
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    But the landlord and taxman bleed me dry
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    But the workers will rise! We will not compromise
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    For we know that the old regime must die.
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    Long live Lenin, kill the tsar!
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    We salute the sickle and star!
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    I am the man who arranges the blocks
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    That continue to fall from up above.
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    The food on your plate now belongs to the state
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    A collective regime of peace and love.
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    I have no choice in arranging the blocks
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    Under Bolshevik rule, what they say goes.
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    The rule of the game is we all are the same
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    And my blocks must create unbroken rows.
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    Long live Stalin! He loves you!
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    Sing these words, or you know what he’ll do...
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    I am the man who arranges the blocks
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    That are made by the men in Kazakhstan.
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    They come two weeks late and they don’t tessellate
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    But we’re working to Stalin’s five year plan.
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    I am the man who arranges the tanks
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    That will make all the Nazis keep away
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    The Fuhrer is dead, and Europe is Red!
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    Let us point all our guns at the USA.
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    We shall live forever more!
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    We can start a nuclear war!
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    I am the man who arranges the blocks
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    That are building a highly secret base.
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    Hip hip hurrah for the USSR!
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    We are sending our men to outer space.
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    I work so hard in arranging the blocks
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    But each night I go home to my wife in tears -
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    What’s the point of it all, when you’re building a wall
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    And in front of your eyes it disappears?
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    Pointless work for pointless pay
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    This is one game I shall not play.
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    I am the man who arranges the blocks!
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    But tomorrow I think I’ll stay in bed.
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    The winter is cold, I’ve got plenty of gold
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    And I’m standing in line for a loaf of bread
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    Maybe we’d be better off
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    If we brought down Gorbachev
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    I am the man who arranges the blocks
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    That continue to fall from up above.
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    The markets are free! So much money for me!
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    Tell me, why should I care for peace and love?
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    The markets are free! So much money for me!
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    Tell me, why should I care for peace and love?
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    Peace and love, peace and love!
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    And now the wall is down, the Marxists frown
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    There’s foreign shops all over town
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    When in Red Square, well don’t despair
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    There’s Levi’s and McDonald’s there
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    The US gave us crystal meth
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    And Yeltsin drank himself to death
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    But now that Putin’s put the boot in,
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    Who’ll get in our way?
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    So we reject free enterprise
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    And once again the left will rise.
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    Prepare the flags to be unfurled
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    For we’re seceding from the world:
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    We shall regain the Georgian soil
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    We shall obtain the Arctic oil
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    We shall arrange the blocks and toil
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    Forever and a day.
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    Game
    Over
Title:
Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris
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A Complete History Of The Soviet Union Through The Eyes Of A Humble Worker, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris.

Music by "Pig With The Face Of A Boy"

Written and performed by DONALD NEWHOLM and DAN WOODS, with MALCOLM GAYNER & ROBIN HARRIS

Photographed by TIM JORDAN
Costumes by LUCY NEWHOLM
Production assistant NICOLA LINCÉ
Special thanks to JAMES LAMONT and REMY LAMONT
Additional sound effects: www.freesound.org/people/nemoDaedalus/ www.freesound.org/people/themfish
Produced by CHRIS LINCÉ and DAN WOODS for Xylophone Productions

Directed, animated, and edited by CHRIS LINCÉ

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Video Language:
English
Duration:
06:48

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