Andrew Lloyd Webber - Mother Russia, While We Can lyrics

(Cliveden: the area by the pool
Which glimmers just offstage, in the
Shadow of the immense house wARD
And CHRISTINE sit with IVANOV
Drinking champagne on a summer's day)

(Singing in Russian) mother Russia
You are always with me mother Russia
Weeping for your children
Hold me in your mighty arms

(Now in English)
Mother Russia, I can hear your music

(In Russian) playing softly

(In English) in my soul forever

And those melodies still play
Even when I'm far away
So far away from Russia
You are always in my soul in my soul forever

You know what Premier Khrushchev said this
Week to your ambassador in Moscow?

No, what?

He told him, with only six bombs
He can destroy whole of United Kingdom!

Well, that wasn't very nicе!

You don't understand, Christine
We arе working blindfold on
Tightrope across Niagara Falls!

What are you talking about?

We are driving fast towards edge of cliff!
Next war will be the last

How can people understand what's happening?
Propaganda everything's distorted
By your politician's lies

And your politician's lies mother Russia
Stupid situation
There's no reason we should fight each other
There must be something we can do

Those bloody lies will kill us!

We are doing what we can
To stop the bombs from falling

This could be our very last day on Earth
Let's have fun while we can!
Let's go wild and party for all we're worth
Come, let's sing and let's dance
While we still can!

By dawn, all of us could go up in smoke
So let's live while we can
Let's go out and - what you say?
Go for broke! We are alive
So let's live while we still can!

(He starts tearing off his shirt
They start enjoying themselves)

First thing - I take a swim!

Oh, it's so hot, wouldn't that be lovely!

I don't have a swimming costume!

(after approval from WARD)

Oh, okay!

I'm coming!

(By this time, IVANOV, who is wearing
Swimming trunks under his trousers
Is rushing offstage a mighty splash
Announces his arrival in
The pool cHRISTINE undresses and hurries
After him sounds of aquatic
Pleasure wARD pinches one of IVANOV's
Cigarettes and lights it
Settling back luxuriously

Presently, from the other direction
Comes BILL ASTOR
In a dinner jacket, with his guest
John "jack" profumo
The Minister for War as
They arrive, WARD, moving like lightening
Gathers up CHRISTINE's clothes and
Hides them under the
Table then he picks up a nearby towel

WARD shakes hands with PROFUMO - but
PROFUMO is much more interested in
What's going on in the pool
He moves in that direction
Where shrieks and splashes can be heard)