Song was right. They didn't know how lucky they were.
this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2025
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The hole in this theory is that the lyrics are very clearly about taking a flight back there.
However, they also include basically name dropping many SSRs and coming up with some kind of barely veiled sexy compliment for the women from each region, implying the way to reunifaction is through a magical mystery tour of free love, man!
(Well) The Ukraine girls really knock me out (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
That Georgia's always on my mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mind
Oh, come on!
...
Oh, show me 'round your snow-peaked mountains way down South
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm!
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I'm back in the U.S.S.R. (Hey)
You don't know how lucky you are, boys
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Its 'California Girls' (Beach Boys), but for Soviets, rofl.
Holy shit, I like the Beatles now?
I'm personally Backin' the USSR
it's about a big truck called USSR and you have to park it in reverse
o lol i was thinking of eddy huntington song