The Pretty Pride of Russia

The Pretty Pride Of Russia

I look out from my window
at the cotton fields below,
and wonder what it’s like
in England.

One thing’s for sure –
I’ll get in there in the end,
once I’ve saved enough
to pay my friend’s kind friend –

a man most eager to help
(he’s said he’ll find me a job
and a luxury flat
with other girls like me).

And I’ll have a salary –
more than in my dreams –
to buy jewellery
and fur and clothes.

There’s more to life than this – the world must be explored –
and London is the perfect place for me to be adored.
Yes there’s more to life than this – the world must be explored –
And London is the perfect place for me to be adored.

London town is where I’ll go and
London town is where I’ll grow –
I’ll learn to act and to sing
and make my father proud.

When I’m home once I’ve grown,
they’ll all stare and want to go –
to be like me,
the pretty pride of Russia.

There’s more to life than this – the world must be explored –
and London is the perfect place for me to be adored.
Yes there’s more to life than this – the world must be explored –
And London is the perfect place for me to be adored.