Когда-то ты был битником [Kogda-to ty byl bintikom] [English translation]

Hey, where are your high-platform shoes,

And where did you shove your double-breasted suit?

Better put your house slippers far away, old man,

Come on, earlier you wouldn't give even five cents for them

But you used to be beatnik, o-o-oh

You used to be beatnik, o-o-oh

You would give away your soul for rock'n'roll,

Extracted from someone's diaphragm's X-Ray.

And now you have TV, newspapers, football,

And your old mom is happy with that

But you used to be beatnik, o-o-oh

You used to be beatnik, o-o-oh

The rock'n'roll time is gone forever,

Gray hair cooled your young mind off.

But I believe, and I'm happy to think so,

That deep inside you're still the same.

But you used to be beatnik, o-o-oh

You used to be beatnik, o-o-oh