They closed down Detsky Mir
Where do the children go from here?
Detsky Mir’s lost generation
On each Novy God celebration
To developers, politicians who spoil our chance
That can’t show off our child’s dance
They stole the heart from our capital
And surrounded it by nothing of worth at all
…simply expensive billboards
Leave kids empty, and no chance
To experience, the feeling to be happily small
As we gather our patch, secure every square meter
We give nothing back at all
They closed down Detsky Mir
Where do the children go from here?
A lost generation
On each Novy God celebration
I remember a feeling of joy, to be surrounded by toys
Heading for a Lebanese supermarket on the 5th floor
There was a beauty; they did it all
And then they closed complete, but why?
Now, the lights inside barely shine
They take up the street on every side
Even the 5* Hotel Savoy in infringed upon
The pavements on all sides along Kuznetsky Most has gone
Saddened me in 2010; was to tell two 20-something kids (from Ulyanovsk) that their dream was gone
…that it closed, pardon, under remont, but not
No doubt this real estate deal put hundreds out of work,
…to achieve a developers’ dream
Was zero effort done except by the sign-writer extending the start/end date
Yeah right?
…gosh they only started yesterday what a great job they are doing 5-years later
They closed down Detsky Mir
Where do the children go from here?
A lost generation
On each Novy God celebration
Municipality promise repair
With time, shall we remember or no more care
We accept quietly, regrettably, their terms
Tcentraly Market, Tsvetnoy Boulevard, closed under huge protests
Subsided by promises of return and city boasts
Reopened a decade and a half later:
Channel blah blah blah and an excuse of a market on the top, what market?
Will Babushka shop there now?
It will be, we passively, the new generation, the guardians of the memory of our once special days at Detsky Mir, yield to wealth
It’s just real estate, and after all function is secondary; visibility deserves international brands, Maserati and Porsche
Our children are consumers
What chance to experience joys we did, did we?
They stole the heart from our capital
Shame on us
They closed down Detsky Mir
Where do the children go from here?
A lost generation
On each Novy God celebration
We give nothing back at all
We give nothing back at all
We give nothing
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