"Misha is Cool!"

Mikheil Saakashvili has again been using the power of pop music as a political tool as he campaigns for re-election as Georgia's president. As well as a series of free concerts featuring some of the country's best-known musicians, there are also a couple of pop songs specially-written to boost his campaign. One of them, by a former singer in a Georgian boy band who's now a regional governor, comes straight to the point with its title: Misha Magaria - in English, Misha is Cool. Here are some translated excerpts from the lyrics:

A new day is starting, the sun is rising
Georgia is being built
We will not spare any effort for the homeland
We don't have a lot of oil, we don't have a lot of territory
But we have a great future ahead

Sometimes the sun shines, sometimes the wind blows
Sometimes we have problems, sometimes we are happy
No matter if the weather's good or bad
Misha is cool!

We will open the door to Europe and NATO
Georgia will become united
Our army will put its feet on our land
We are on the highway going to Sukhumi [capital of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia]

Sometimes the sun shines, sometimes the wind blows
Sometimes we have problems, sometimes we are happy
No matter if the weather's good or bad
Misha is cool!