Gorbachev is the name,
And I was the President
'Till the Eastern Bloc all rebelled.
Now I’m just a resident.

In the autumn of '89,
We all knew it was the end of the line.
November the 9th, Berlin, it fell,
It's a time I remember, oh so well.

The night they tore the Big Wall down,
In the East they were screaming.
The night they tore the Big Wall down,
In the West they were singing.
They went, “ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja,
ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja!”

Back with Raisa in Crimea,
I thought it was a prank.
"Misha, quick, on TV, Misha,
Boris is on a tank!"

Now, I don't mind if the people vote,
And I must admit that my government’s broke,
So while I’m tempted to say what the heck,
That madman’s gonna lead us to a train wreck!

The night they tore the Big Wall down,
In the East they were screaming.
The night they tore the Big Wall down,
In the West they were singing.
They went, “ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja,
ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja!”

Just like Brezhnev before me,
I am an atheist.
And like dear Putin above me,
He ruled with an iron fist.

I’m almost 80, old and wise,
My nation unraveled before my eyes.
I swear by the tsars through the centuries,
My countrymen just can’t handle liberty!

The night they tore the Big Wall down,
In the East they were screaming.
The night they tore the Big Wall down,
In the West they were singing.
They went, “ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja,
ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja!”

The night they tore the Big Wall down,
In the East they were screaming.
The night they tore the Big Wall down,
In the West they were singing.
They went, “ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja,
ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja!”