I’m working and I’ve got a knife - Don’t touch me if you prize your life - But then it’s to a restaurant for me. The money’s mine, I’ll wine and dine, If that offends some people, fine - ’Cos that’s the way it’s always gonna be. This geezer then comes up to me, Says: "In our troubled century I’d like to rid our land of scum like you." I tricked that pup, I stitched him up, I bit my lip and slit his gut And that’s just what I’m always gonna do. But if you only want to chat Then have a drink, let’s chew the fat - We’ll put the world to rights, just you and me. But if you do what that guy done Our laws apply to everyone, And that’s the way it’s always gonna be.
© Margaret & Stas Porokhnya. Translation, 2008