Back in the U.S.S.R. Lyrics: Oh / Flew in from Miami Beach, B.O.A.C / Didn't get to bed last night / On the way, the paper bag was on my knee / Man, I had a dreadful flight / I'm...

The lyrics subvert Berry's patriotic sentiments about the United States, as the narrator expresses relief upon returning home to the Soviet Union (officially named Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – USSR).

Paul wrote "Back In The USSR," as a medley based on the Beach Boys and Chuck Berry. It was derived from a song by Berry in 1959 called "Back in The USA." Berry's song expressed his joy of being back …

I'm back in the USSR. You don't know how lucky you are boy Back in the US,. Back in the US. Back in the USSR. Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out. They leave the West behind. And Moscow girls …

I'm back in the USSR You don't know how lucky you are, boy Back in the US, back in the US Back in the USSR Well, the Ukraine girls really knock me out They leave the West behind And Moscow girls …

I'm back in the USSR. You don't know how lucky you are boy, Back in the USSR. Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out. They leave the West behind. And Moscow girls make me sing and shout. That …

Paul McCartney wrote this song in Rishikesh, India, where The Beatles were studying Transcendental Meditation. In his interview with Playboy magazine (1984), McCartney said, "I wrote that as a kind of …