Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC
Didn't get to bed last night
Oh, the way the paper bag was on my knee
Man, I had a dreadful flight

I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the USSR, yeah

Been away so long I hardly knew the place
Gee, it's good to be back home
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case
Honey disconnect the phone

I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the US
Back in the US
Back in the USSR

Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the west behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia's always on my my my my my my my my my mind
Oh, come on
Hu Hey Hu, hey, ah, yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are, boys
Back in the USSR

Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the west behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia's always on my my my my my my my my my mind

Oh, show me round your snow peaked
mountain way down south
Take me to you daddy's farm
Let me hear you balalaika's ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm

I'm back in the USSR
Hey, You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the USSR
Oh, let me tell you honey

ILYA VOLYKHINE's artwork falls into the contemporary neo-expressionist genre. A strife-filled background in the USSR during the 1960's, 70's and 80's has definitely had an impact on both the artist and his art. His work is figurative, allowing both memory and imagination to work together as the major influences in his style and composition. The paintings have an innate and raw sensibility, with a dreamlike intermingling of colour, imagination and personal cultural history, which produces an immediate pleasurable imprint on the viewer. Yet they also possess a haunting quality, stemming in part from his unique technique and idiosyncratic use of imagery, which produces a lasting impression.