Cold War Kids - Tony Carey

Got the radio on they’re playin' the monster mash

Kids duck and cover when you see that flash

Tell me what’d you learn in school today

Saw a picture of the russians black and white and grey

We’re gonna need some water, fill the bathtub up

Three kids wide-eyed starin' drinkin' campbell’s from a cup

My daddy never got the shelter dug

'Cause mama spent the money on a livin' room rug

Yeah

These are things I’m sure of, these are things l see

Somewhere somebody l never even heard of

Has got his finger on the trigger, pointed at me

Well these are the moments, these are the times

Things we remember for the rest of our lives

These are the lessons that never got learned

When you grow up expecting that the world’s gonna burn

Like we did — the cold war kids

Yeah

Now JFK and Jackie were the golden ones

Till John-John saluted in the indian summer sun.

And halfway round the world, down there in East Berlin

They’re workin on a wall to keep the people in.

These are things I’m sure of, these are things l see

Somewhere somebody I never even heard of

Got his finger on the trigger, pointed at me.

Well these are the moments, these are the times

Things we remember for the rest of our lives

These are the lessons that never get learned

When you grow up expecting that the world might burn

Like we did — the cold war kids

These are the moments, these are the times

Things we remember for the rest of our lives.

Hey, Yeah

These are the moments, these are the times

Things we remember for the rest of our lives.

These are the lessons that never get learned

When you grow up expecting that the world might burn

Cold war kids…