well we all go down

to our caverns underground

and in our backyard caves

we'd hear the sirens sound

and we took it very well

when then black rains fell

when the dust came down around us

we were safe and sound



it was baby needs shoes

the pta and barbeques

and it was two-handed touch

out on the white house lawn

and we were nobody's fools

fillin' in the swimming pools

we poured concrete and steel

when the neighbors had gone



now we all live here together

yes we all live here as one

now we all share the comforts of a hole in the ground

and we all remember livin' in the sun

here in the shelter



we heard nuclear freeze

we heard first-strike strategies

we heard how to pay the taxman

when the big one falls

we heard good guys and bad guys

we heard little lies and big lies

about who comes out the winners

and it's not that bad at all

when a madman gets a gun

he's gonna point it at someone

if it's up in texas tower

or over there across the pond

and if you step on his pride

or if he hurts somewhere inside

he might let one fly

when his nerves are gone



now we all live here together

yes we all live here as one

now we all share the comforts of a hole in the ground

and we all remember livin' in the sun

here in the shelter