Palehorse - Mustn't Grumble lyrics

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Pan koòikov is a carpenter. he works alone.

Every day he looks out at the summer sky

Through the grimy bars of his small window.

But he is happy. forty years of toil and strife

Are finally paying off. word is getting around

The small town, and he's getting more work.

Everyday at noon he goes to buy bread from

The baker down the road. on the way he passes

A little girl begging in the street, dirt on her

Clothes and her hands. her name is anna and

Everyone in town knows her. he spared

Her hardly a second glance. despite her pleas

For food - everyday is the same.

One day pan koòikov is very happy. he is

Getting more and more work and decides to

Buy two loaves instead of the usual one. as he

Passes anna, he relents, and for the first time,

Gives her a loaf of bread. the next day, anna

Is back at her station. she is convinced that

That was the extent of her luck. but pan

Koòikov beckons her over to his workshop;

He sends her to buy the bread, promising her

A fresh loaf. the next day, expectant, anna

Needs no beckoning. she runs to buy the

Bread and is happy.

This continues everyday until the sky

Gradually turns grey and the winds start

To pick up... the old man looks out of

His door. anna is waiting for him as per

Normal. he slowly steps out and looks

Down at her. "sorry", he says. "there is

No bread today. for you, or for me. people

Will not buy my tables in winter." she

Turns, and walks away, and sits back down

In her old position on the street once more...