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( T e n n a n t / L o w e)

This is probably the most beautiful way to describe the things that happened in Russia a few years ago. It is incredible how the guys feel all of this! The thing that makes it all the more attractive is that the break up of the USSR is not viewed here as something well-deserved and bound to happen (which probably it was...) The Boys clearly sympathize with the people... the people AND the country! It's completely devoid of any sarcasm, satire or even irony... Although... maybe there is a tinge of loving irony about it... Really, sometimes I think the Boys deserve the Nobel prize for their incredible, unheard of, unsurpassed humanity... and tact...

So much confusion When autumn comes around What to do about October How to smile behind a frown? It's hard to settle down It's so bemusing Will they cancel the parade? We marched each October Now they say we were never even saved We must be very brave      Shall I rewrite or revise      My October symphony?      Or as an indication      Change the dedication      From revolution to revelation? So we're all drinking As leaves fall to the ground Because we've been thinking How October's let us down Then and now Shall we remember December instead? Or worry about February? Mourn our war-torn dead Never seeing red?      Shall I rewrite or revise      My October symphony?      Or as an indication      Change the dedication      From revolution to revelation?

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