Regina Spektor - Lyrics from "Soviet Kitsch" Quiz

Answer: The Ghost of Corporate Future

Second verse: "Well maybe you should just drink a lot less coffee and never ever watch the ten o'clock news. Maybe you should kiss someone nice or lick a rock or both. Maybe you should cut your own hair, 'cause that can be so funny. It doesn't cost any money and it always grows back. Hair grows even after you're dead."

After the whole Fox News debacle back in 2007 (where Fox was found to be communicating wrong information), Regina would slip that into this song. The lyrics went as follows: "Maybe you should just drink a lot less coffee and never ever watch the ten o'clock news, especially Fox."

Answer: The Flowers

Second verse: "The papers around me are piling and twisting, Regina the paperback mummy, what then? I'm taking a knife to the books that I own and I'm chopping and chopping and boiling soup from stones."

"Soviet Kitsch" was released in 2004 and while the critical response was very good, she did not gain widespread acclaim from consumers until the release of "Begin to Hope" in 2006.

Answer: Carbon Monoxide

First verse: "Carbon monoxide, soon I'll go to sleep. If I don't got my socks on right, they slide right off of my feet as I walk-a walk-a walk-a walk-a walk-a walk-a walk. Walk-a walk, walk-a walk, walk-a walk."

This was the first single released off of "Soviet Kitsch".

Answer: Somedays

Bridge and chorus: "I'm in love with your daughter. I wanna have her baby. Oh I'm in love with your daughter, so can I please? Downtown, downtown. I'm not here, not anymore. I've gone away, don't call me, don't write."

Contrary to the pictures painted with many of Regina's songs, her songs are rarely, if ever, a direct relation to her own life. She tells stories through either her point of view or the point of view of somebody/something else.

Answer: Chemo Limo

Second verse: "When I woke up, the kids were being quiet. I knew it was a dream, right away I called the limousine company. The doctor he asked which way we were headed. I said, 'Sir let's just go west." And he listened obediently."

Many of Regina's songs from "Soviet Kitsch" (including this one) can be found on the UK released compilation album entitled "Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories." This album was not released in the U.S., but some of the features that came with it (the DVD with the music video for the song "Us") were released with "Soviet Kitsch" as a bonus feature.

Answer: Us

Second verse: "We wear our scarves just like a noose, but not 'cause we want eternal sleep. And though our parts are slightly used, new ones are slave labor you can keep."

This song is arguably about Stalinist Russia. This was also the first song of Regina's to have a music video.

Answer: Your Honor

Bridge after chorus: "Gargle with peroxide, a steak for your eye. But I'm a vegetarian, so it's a frozen pizza pie."

OR "Gargle with peroxide, a steak for your eye. But I'm a pizza-tarian so it's a frozen pizza pie. You tell me that you love me and you never do lie. You fight for my honor, but I just don't know why. You fight for my honor and I don't understand. But hold on, your honor, I'll get ice for your hand."

This song features the band Kill Kenada.

Answer: Poor Little Rich Boy

Second verse: "Poor little rich boy, all the world is okay. The water runs off your skin and down into the drain. You're reading Fitzgerald, you're reading Hemingway. They're both super smart and drinking in the cafe."

This song uses a drumstick as its main instrument. In concerts, she uses one drumstick and beats it against a chair while her other hand plays the piano.

Answer: Sailor Song

First verse: "She will kiss you till your lips bleed, but she will not take her dress off. Americana, Tropicana. All the sailor boys have demons. They sing, 'Oh Kentucky, why did you forsake me?' If I was meant to sail the sea, why did you make me? It should have been another state, oh state."

This song is also on "Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories". In fact, the name of the album is taken from this song because she mentions Mary Ann during the chorus. The "Mary Ann" that Regina is referring to in the song is the sea, not an actual person named Mary Ann.

Answer: Ode to Divorce

First verse: "The food that I'm eating is suddenly tasteless. I know I'm alone now. I know what it tastes like. So break me to small parts, let go in small doses. But spare some for spare parts. There might be some good ones."

"Soviet Kitsch" was Regina's third studio album and her first one released on a major label.