Old Man Atom (Talking Atomic Blues) Songtext

von Sam Hinton

Well, I'm gonna preach you-all a sermon 'bout Old Man Atom,
And I don't mean the Adam in the Bible datum.
No, I don't mean the Adam that Mother Eve mated
I mean the thing that science liberated.
Thing that Einstein says he's scared of,
And when Einstein's scared, brother, I'm scared.

Well, If you're scared of the A-bomb here's what's you gotta do
You gotta gather all the people in the world with you
‘Cause if we don't get together and do it
Well, the first thing you know we'll blow this world plum two

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Alamogordo, Bikini

Now life used to be such a simple joy
The cyclotron was just a super toy
And folks got born, they'd work and marry
And "atom" was a word in the dictionary
And then it happened!
And the science boys, from every clime
They all pitched in with overtime
And before they knew it, the job was done
And they'd hitched up the power of the gol-dern sun
And put a harness on Old Sol
Splittin' atoms, while the diplomats was a splittin' hairs

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Alamogordo, Bikini...

But the atom's international, in spite of hysteria,
Flourishes in Utah and in Siberia.
And whether you're a black, white, red or brown,
The question is this, when you boil it down:
To be or not to be! That's the question!

And the answer to it all ain't military datum,
Like who gets there firstest with the mostest atoms,
No, the people of the world must decide their fate,
They gotta stick together or disintegrate.
We hold this truth to be self-evident
That all men may be cremated equal!

Hiroshima, Nagasaki,
Alamogordo, Bikini...

Yes, it's up to the people, ‘cause the atoms don't care,
And you can't fence him in, he's just like air.
And he doesn't give a hoot about any politics
Or who got what into whichever fix
Cause all he wants to do is just sorta sit around and have his nucleus bombarded by neutrons.

So the moral is this, just as plain as day,
That Old Man Atom is here to stay.
He's gonna stick around, that's ?lear as sea
But, ah, my dearly beloved, are we?

So listen, folks, here is my thesis:
"Peace in the world, or the world in pieces!"

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Alamogordo, Bikini...