balaga
natasha, pierre & the great comet of 1812 original broadway cast
who's that madman flying at full gallop down the street
who's that madman knocking people over
driving mad at twelve miles an hour
lashin' my whip at horses and peasants
risking skin and life twenty times a year
for my fine fine gentlemen
from tula to moscow and back in just one night
a narrow escape from a wild cossack fight
they've beaten me and slapped me with their gloves
made me drunk on champagne
who's that slowpoke we abuse with wild and tipsy shouts
who knows things that would get you sent straight to siberia
driving mad at twelve miles an hour
drinking and dancing with my ruska roma
riding my horses into the ground
for my fine fine gentlemen
driven you round with ladies on your laps
taken you places not on any maps
galloped faster than ordinary men would dare
jumped my troika right into the air
and i never ask for rubles
i don't do this for rubles
whoa. whoa. that's my song!