Rose Street Music: Irina Rivkin music
Ya Eyo Lublu
(Irina Rivkin)
April 24, 2004
Irina Rivkin
This is Irina's "Russian-Jewish-lesbian-emigre-coming-out-love-song" which received the OutMusic Award for OutSong of the Year!
Ya Eyo Lublu (“I Love Her” in Russian) ©1997 Irina Rivkin
i'm visiting my parents this week & i've been with you a while
i said “i think it's time they meet you”, you look at me & smile
i'm nervous as i'm talking to my mother on the phone
i ask her "can i bring her with me, next time i visit home?"
"i don't like that you're like that!" she says, she doesn't seem to see
that there is only good in this, does she herself feel free?
i tell her
(chorus) ya eyo lublu, from deep inside that's how i feel
ya eyo lublu, there's no denying this is real
ya eyo lublu, she'll always be part of my life
ya eyo lublu, she is my love she'll be my wife
ya eyo lublu, kak shastia shto eyo nashla (what luck that i found her)
ya eyo lublu, ee bit zhe sney mne radostno (what joy to be with her)
ya eyo lublu, etozh dobro opiatz skozhu (this is good, i tell you)
ya eyo lublu, kto trogayet dushu mayu (who touches my soul)
she says "well, you can bring her if you just act like friends"
i said "okay then i won't kiss her, but i cannot pretend
and even without touching, or saying who she is to me,
sparks that glow between us may be something you'll still see"
because (chorus)
at my parents house we are careful not to touch
but the way your eyes dance with mine, & our smiles say so much
mama meets you, and she likes you, she don't protest you're not a guy
she says she's happy we're together, maybe she sees now why . . .
(ay, ay, ay) ya tsebia lublu, from deep inside that's how i feel
ya tsebia lublu, there's no denying this is real
ya tsebia lublu, you'll always be part of my life
ya tsebia lublu, you are my love you'll be my wife
ya tsebia lublu, kak shastia shto tsebia nashla
ya tsebia lublu, ee bit s'toboy mne radostno
ya tsebia lublu, etozh dobro opiatz skozhu
ya tsebia lublu, ti trogayesh dushu mayu
ya tsebia lubluuuu