(Verse)
Some say the fates arranged their meeting on that day
As she headed north on a train from Peking, China
He traveled east across the steps, their tracks would intersect
In the middle of a town called Ulan-Ude

(Chorus)
And when they saw each other, the vodka flowed like wine
In this place for feelin’ cold and killin’ time

(Verse)
It was dark down in the station, when both their trains arrived
And she was tall and wore an old pilotka
Wandrin’ there around the square, they saw one giant head
They knew at once that it was comrade Lenin

(Chorus)
And when they saw each other, the vodka flowed like wine
In this place for feelin’ cold and killing time

(Bridge)
And then they danced around the head
And then they danced around the head

(Chorus)
And when they saw each other, the vodka flowed like wine
In this place for feelin’ cold and killing time
(Verse)
It was dark down in the station, when both their trains pulled out
And she was tall and wore an old pilotka