Strawbs - Russian Front lyrics

Cousins-Cronk-Hawken-Lambert It was back along summer of thirty years I'll tell you a story to bring you tears Of the likes of a romance so few hears Out on the Russian front She had startling eyes of sapphire blue She lived in a house where camellias grew But where she came from no-one knew He stood as firm as the mighty oak Smelled as keen as forest smoke Loved her with a velvet stroke Out on the Russian front She loved a man who burst with pride Buried deep in her countryside Their love for life was long denied Even now I'm still unclear Those who held each other dear Are living in a state of fear Out on the Russian front Both were sent their separate ways Victims of their yesterdays The party wins the farmer pays