Nightmare Zero

(album: Tenement Steps - 1980)

Well I was standing at the corner when I heard it on the radio
The newsman told the people "four minutes to go"
He said you don't have to worry but you better run for cover fast
Because the reds are a-coming and they're looking for you to blast

I thought I was going insane
I thought I was going insane
There's only four minutes left of oxygen to my brain

Nightmare Zero hit the town
Nightmare Zero mushroom cloud
We're laughing in the face of love
Soon they'll be nothing above
Pretty baby walking, pretty baby talking
Pretty soon they gonna be dead

Well everybody was screaming as we ran to the shelter zone
I heard a man cry "Lord above, save my soul"
I saw a mother and her baby crash down on the ground
And a priest was dying to be saved from the death of clowns

I thought I was going insane
I thought I was going insane
There's only four minutes left of oxygen to my brain

Nightmare Zero hit the town
Nightmare Zero mushroom cloud
We're laughing in the face of love
Soon they'll be nothing above
Pretty baby walking, pretty baby talking
Pretty soon they gonna be dead

Nightmare Zero hit the town
Nightmare Zero mushroom cloud
Nightmare Zero hit the town
Nightmare Zero mushroom cloud
We're laughing in the face of love
We're laughing in the face of love
We're laughing in the face of love
We're laughing in the face of love