You are playing your sweet melody
And I’m melting like sugar in tea
You are whispering some gentle things
Touching my naked strings
You can read my notes, you can get my key
You are holding me, you are playing me

Like a bala-bala-bala-balalayka
I’m your bala-bala-bala-balalayka
Get the best of what I got
Music from my heart
I’m your bala-bala-bala-balalayka

I am trembling like a moth in the wind
Feeling your cutting nails on my skin
And tonight you can get every bit
Of the music you need
You can read my notes, you can get my key
You are holding me, you are playing me

Like a bala-bala-bala-balalayka
I’m your bala-bala-bala-balalayka
Get the best of what I got
Music from my heart
I’m your bala-bala-bala-balalayka
Like a bala-bala-bala-balalayka
I’m your bala-bala-bala-balalayka
Get the best of what I got
Music from my heart
I’m your bala-bala-bala-balalayka

My love, my hope, my tenderness – 
Three strings you’re playing, baby, yes
You know it’s real, you feel it’s [bad word] 
I’m singing it for you

Like a bala-bala-bala-balalayka
I’m your bala-bala-bala-balalayka
Get the best of what I got
Music from my heart
I’m your bala-bala-bala-bala-bala-bala-bala!
Like a bala-bala-bala-balalayka
I’m your bala-bala-bala-balalayka
Get the best of what I got
Music from my heart
I’m your bala-bala-bala-balalayka