Nu Davay

Intro

Mm

Da

Mm-hmm

Ya

Verse 1

Born where the winter bites and never quits

My father's coat too big across my narrow shoulders

Mama sold her rings to keep the kettle warm

I learned to count in kopecks before I counted years

Streets of gray apartment blocks

Same cracked stairwell every single night

Pre-Chorus

They told me keep your head down son

Keep your mouth shut tight

I kept my fists instead

Chorus

I'm a Russian man

Cold hands cold plans

I'm a Russian man

From the ice to the sand

I'm a Russian man

Don't need your hand

I'm a Russian man

Post-Chorus

Hey

Hey

Nu davay

Hey

Verse 2

Eighteen I took a train that rattled west

Boots too thin for the platform snow

Traded my accent for a pocket full of risk

Nobody asks a stranger where he's been

I stack my days like bricks

Quiet mouth loud eyes

Pre-Chorus

They told me know your place boy

Know your place and stay

I built a different place

Chorus

I'm a Russian man

Cold hands cold plans

I'm a Russian man

From the ice to the sand

I'm a Russian man

Don't need your hand

I'm a Russian man

Post-Chorus

Hey

Hey

Nu davay

Hey

Bridge

Call me what you want

I answer to my own name

Call me what you want

My blood runs the same

Same red same thread

Same road I tread

Chorus

I'm a Russian man

Cold hands cold plans

I'm a Russian man

From the ice to the sand

I'm a Russian man

Don't need your hand

I'm a Russian man

Post-Chorus

Hey

Hey

Nu davay

Hey