Don’t Shoot is an anti-war song written by Soviet and Russian rock musitian Yuri Shevchuk in 1980. The song was performed in Russian by his band DDT:
Translation of the song lyrics:
Don’t shoot the sparrows, don’t shoot the pigeons
Do not just shoot from your slingshot
Hey baby don’t shoot and brag to others
That without a miss you hit targets alive
You covered all shooting ranges, people surprised
How an excellent shooter received prizes
Beat almost without aiming, offhand and flying
And all around they said: “Here’s a guy lucky!”
[Chorus]
Do not shoot!
Do not shoot!
Do not shoot…
Do not shoot…
Do not shoot!
And it happened one day, what I so dreamed of
He hit the burning point of the planet
But when I finally got home
He bypassed his old shooting gallery
And when someone remembered the war
He drowned his conscience in heavy wine
In front of him, as if alive, that boy stood
And who begged him for one thing:
[Chorus]
Do not shoot!
Do not shoot!
Do not shoot…
Do not shoot…
Do not shoot!