Текст песни Владимир Высоцкий - Баллада о короткой шее

Commander with the short sheeyu
There should be at all times:
To the chest - 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 the opening of the neck for a loop,

And any vile viper
To count her vertebrae.
Then you can see, but - short-sighted
Living with an open neck between people.

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.

Head cocked, plyuёsh into the well,
Sam himself ready for slaughter.
Incidentally, the present commander
Earth tramples full foot.

In Asia, accustomed to the ambush -
Should not prevent the demigod
That it crept back
With the first blow knocked down.

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

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

You can, however, head sadly
Hide shoulders and not risk,
Only - it is very ugly
Inverted head hold.

They crane their necks
And stand on the tips of socks:
To see farther and more accurately -
We need to look over their heads.

That is what the parable of the East
He told me of the old elder.
& Quot; Even fairy tales are those cruel & quot ;, -
I thought and neck measured.

1973