Three Mile Island Lyrics - Singles - Small Fred

Kids in the schoolyard, cows in the field 

In a Pennsylvania town it's another day 

But at Three Mile Island something was wrong 

In the power plant not two miles away 

A valve jammed open and the holding tanks blew 

And the leak spread for miles around. 

With a bubble of hydrogen trapped under the dome 

That plant damn near melted down. 

CHORUS: 

Three Mile Island blew down their lies 

Next time it happens how many will die? 

Got our eyes on the future, got our feet on the ground 

Gonna shut down the nukes, shut 'em down 

Shut down the nukes, shut 'em down. 

Metro Edison said one thing, the feds the reverse 

The TV and press had their fun 

Out of all the confusion just one thing came through 

No one knew what the hell was going on. 

Evacuation would have ended the game 

So they said there was no reason to go 

But they didn't say too much about the workers at the plant 

Who as always caught the brunt of the blow. 

CHORUS 

The sun it shines, the wind it blows 

There's a thousand different ways to save fuel 

So when some corporation tells me we got no choice 

They might as well be calling me a fool. 

They say the system worked and no one was killed 

They say they'll make 'em safer than before 

But they're gambling with our children and they're gambling with the world 

And their money don't seem worth dying for. 

CHORUS