Gromovchanin's grave

[Verse 1] He was never the kind for a song,

and he'd made up his mind all along.

He just chose his own heaven and hell,

and he left us no stories to tell.

[Pre-Chorus] So put all the sorrow aside,

and Gromovka will keep him inside.

[Chorus] Don't pity the man in the ground

who stood when the rest turned around.

He knew what it cost him to stay,

and he gave it all freely away.

[Post-Chorus] The grave waited, open and deep,

and he had a promise to keep.

[Verse 2] When they ordered us back, he just smiled

and said, "I'll catch you up in a while."

So the one time he lied to our face

got the rest of us out of that place.

[Pre-Chorus] So put all the sorrow aside,

and Gromovka will keep him inside.

[Chorus] Don't pity the man in the ground

who stood when the rest turned around.

He knew what it cost him to stay,

and he gave it all freely away.

[Post-Chorus] The grave waited, open and deep,

and he had a promise to keep.

[Bridge] There was no one around him to see

if he ever went down on one knee,

but I knew him for years, and I swear

that he never asked mercy out there.

[Chorus] Don't pity the man in the ground

who stood when the rest turned around.

He knew what it cost him to stay,

and he gave it all freely away.

[Post-Chorus] The grave waited, open and deep,

and he had a promise to keep.