Old Man Atom Lyrics - Sons Of The Pioneers

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Alamogordo, Bikini 

I'm gonna preach you all a sermon 

About Old Man Atom, that's me 

I don't mean the Adam in the Bible datum 

I don't mean the Adam that Mother Eve elated 

I mean that thing that science liberated 

The thing that Einstein says he's scared of 

And when Einstein's scared 

Brother, you'd better be scared 

If you're scared of the atom, here's whats you gotta do 

You gotta gather all the people in the world with you 

Cause if you don't get together and do it 

Well, first thing you know I'm gonna blow this world plum too 

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Alamogordo, Bikini 

Now life used to be such a simple joy 

My 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 

The science boys, from every clime 

They all pitched in with overtime 

And before they knew it 

The thing was done 

And they'd hitched up the power of the Golden Sun 

And put a harness on Old Sol 

Splittin' atoms 

While the diplomats was splittin' hairs 

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Alamogordo, Bikini 

But the atom's here in spite of hysteria 

Flourishes in Utah as well as 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 

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 get together or disintegrate 

I 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 

You can't fence me in, I'm just like air 

I don't give a hoot about any politics 

Or who got what into whichever fix 

All I want to do is sit around 

And have my nucleus bombarded by neutrons 

Now the moral is this, just as plain as day 

That Old Man Atom is here to stay 

I'm gonna stick around and that's for true 

But, ah, my dearly beloved, are you? 

So listen folks, here is my thesis 

Peace in the world or the world in pieces 

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Alamogordo, Bikini