If the Bombs Go Off

Ordinary people feel under attack And that the enemies invisible they can't fight back So they focus on an issue that's important to them But they forget about the worst thing that could happen to men Global warming's irritating like a splinter Compared to hunkering down for a nuclear winter Don't let politicians blind you with their commotion When you see missiles flying over that's one issue you'd vote on Make nuclear disarmament the thing you're locked on By asking all your leaders where they stand on the bomb Cos if the bombs go off No other issues matter If the bombs go off Your life will be in tatters If the bombs go off You'll wish that you'd acted before If the bombs go off There's no way to vote them back If the bombs go off Your world is going black If the bombs go off Your overriding emotion will be regret Only 9 countries have nuclear weapons But any single one of them could end us in seconds One determined hacker and security breach A single crazy president with a button in reach An angry dictator who won't be disarmed Some kind of malfunction that sets off an alarm So many scenarios can't think of them all Of course the one that you forget would be the fate we befall The odds are all long but the risk is so high And there's no way back, once they're all up in the sky Cos if the bombs go off No other issues matter If the bombs go off Your life will be in tatters If the bombs go off You'll wish that you'd acted before If the bombs go off There's no way to vote them back If the bombs go off Your world is going black If the bombs go off Your overriding emotion will be regret Nuclear war could lead to social improvement With equal opportunity and freedom of movement Freedom of speech would be a forgotten obsession When you're pushing round a shopping cart with all your possessions There'd be no discrimination or judging by race After a massive a fireball has burnt off your face Cos if the bombs go off No other issues matter If the bombs go off Your life will be in tatters If the bombs go off You'll wish that you'd acted before If the bombs go off There's no way to vote them back If the bombs go off Your world is going black If the bombs go off Your overriding emotion will be regret