The scene is set Russia 1910
Pyotr A. Stolypin is the man they say
who introduced the instant trial of your peers
to all te free Russian peasants everywhere

And you’ll be swinging in style in a Stolypin necktie
it’s the latest craze,
but it hangs up instead of down
and you’re feet don’t touch the ground

4,000 friends of his were rumoured killed,
so he had some new policies instilled
He made reforms and if you don’t agree
well then a Stolypin necktie for you and me

And you’ll be swinging in style in a Stolypin necktie
it’s the latest craze,
but it hangs up instead of down
and you’re feet don’t touch the ground

(Solo)

Then one day some of his peers
decided Pytor’s end was very near
They arranged for his untimely end
I hear just like Rasputin he had a bloody end

And you’ll be swinging in style in a Stolypin necktie
it’s the latest craze,
but it hangs up instead of down
and you’re feet don’t touch the ground

Music & Lyrics ~ Scott Ferguson
© 1985 Stanton Park Music/Black Hole Music