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Gorbachev Will Rise Again

from Apocalypse Alabama by The Disbeliefs

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Another anthem penned by the late Jimmy "Crackers" Graham during The Disbeliefs' absorption into a backwoods apocalyptic religious group with ties to the now-defunct "Tribe of Zendik" in the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta, Alabama, USA. Unlike the other two songs in this document, "Gorbachev"'s message is unambiguous as an anti-Putin rallying cry for renewed "glasnost" between Russia and the West and represents, in part, what led to Graham's assassination.

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Take a breath and count to ten
Gorbachev will rise again
Bigger than Brezhnev or Vladimir Putin
Nikita Khrushchev or Rasputin

He's not our enemy
The General Secretary
Perestroika, he will bring
To a holy trinity:

THAT'S YOU,
USSR
AND ME

(Mikhail G. for you!
A Pizza Hut for you!
With a capital "Me!")

Inflation's up and jobs are down
Fires burn in every town
USA is on the wane
Adversaries feed the flames

How will people spell relief?
(G.O.R.B.Y.!)
I believe it--
He'll restore democracy
Gorbachev will count to three:
 
FOR YOU,
USSR,
AND ME

Groceries and tenements
United one-world government
Americans and Soviets
Play clarinets in kitchenettes
Pour dressing on old caviar
No more Cold Wars, no more Tzars
A reckoning is coming then
Gorbachev will rise again

FOR YOU,
USSR,
AND ME

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from Apocalypse Alabama, released October 31, 2023
Lyrics by Jimmy "Crackers" Graham (deceased)

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A mysterious group whose paper trail can be traced from Moldova through the American Deep South. Rumor has it they're part of an anti-Putin underground movement or members of a clandestine apocalyptic cult group. Or both? Frankly, we don't know what to believe. ... more

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