Knocking
on Lenin's Door
recorded 2046
The
cd cover shows Number 21 (now 36) Tavistock Place
in Bloomsbury, London, where Lenin stayed while writing
Materialism and Empiriocriticism in 1908.
The
back cover (below) shows Brodsky in Lenin's study in the
Kremlin, Moscow, and
on the wall a photograph of the country house
once rented by Lenin and Krupskaya in Poronin in 1914.
The inset image shows Brodsky on a failed time travelling trip to the
Russian Revolution
when she mistakenly arrived on the film set of
Doctor Zhivago.
LYRICS:
Knocking on Lenin`s Door
Two
thousand and forty five
Thinking how come I was ever alive
After all that happened way back when
All the things I`ve done since then
Walked
around the Kremlin
Picked all of the locks
When I came to Lenin`s room
The door was bolted shut
All
that artwork got me down
And I had to find what`s real in town
So I went to Moscow way back when
And knocked on Lenin`s door again
Walked
around the Kremlin
Picked all of the locks
When I came to Lenin`s room
The door was bolted shut
In
twenty forty five I was seventy six
Old and grey and didn`t mix
With fools uncouth or pretentious types
Or believers in art and hypes
My time travelling days were in decline
Didn`t always make it to the place or time
Arrived on the set of Doctor Zhivago
Before I managed to get to Moscow
Walked
around the Kremlin
Picked all of the locks
When I came to Lenin`s room
The door was bolted shut
I was looking for an answer
Looking for an answer...
