They called me an atoll in prison, I did lie
In a little window, looked out on the Russian sky
One day in my life I was secluded and in pain
And all my people know the charges were afraid
I see my accuser standing in the hall
He points his finger at us all
You know us pay the penalty
For the crime of daring to be free
We are living on Russia
We have waited for too long
We are living
on Russia
When they come for us
We'll be gone
Through all the centuries we called this land our home
We loved the Russian soil as much as anyone
In countless armies our young boys have died for you
But you did never call them sons, you always called them chief
We fell
In battle for the sun
100,000 died at Babia
And yet your monument well denies their fame
All our new passports we read, we have prayed
We are living on Russia
We have waited for too long
We are living on Russia
We are living on Russia



When they come for us, we'll be gone.
We are leaving, Mother Russia, we have waited for too long.
We are leaving, Mother Russia.
When they come for us, we'll be gone.
I'll send my song of hope to those I left behind.
I pray that they may know the freedom that is mine.
For through the dark of those alone inside my cell,
I kept a vision of my home in Israel.
My friends, we know what silence brings.
We know what silence brings.
And now for Hitler waiting in the wings.
So stand up now and shout it to the sky.
They bring us to our knees, but we never die.
We are leaving, Mother Russia.
We have waited for too long.
We are leaving, Mother Russia.
When they come for us, we'll be gone.
They come for us, we'll be gone.