Текст песни В.С. Высоцкий - Баллада о короткой шее

Commander with the short sheeyu
There must be at all times:
To breast - almost from the chin,
From the back of the head - just to spin.

In short inconspicuous neck
Head to sit comfortably -
And choke much more difficult,
And lasso nothing to offend.

 But they pulled the neck
 And stand on the tips of socks:
 To see farther and more accurately -
 We need to look over their heads.

All he now dark horse,
Even if you have seen the light in the distance -
Pose - unstable and shaky,
And to open the neck loop.

And any vile viper
Count the vertebrae on it -
Further seen, but - short-sighted
Living with an open neck between people.

Just released - the nerves as a bridle
No more holding and storing
Under his feet he goes sweeps
And on the neck lies bunch of fives

 ... This is what the parable of the East
 He told me of the old elder.
 Even fairy tales here - and they are cruel -
 I think - and measured the neck.