newmen

track 05
Star Spangled Bombers
30-05-2008
Sacrifice And Greed
Lyrics by S.Newman

(chorus)
There were two Suns in the morning
In the land of the rising sun
There was no warning
They never had a chance to run
As the atomic age was dawning
Down on them

(verse1)
I doubt we will see a Hollywood movie
about the day the bombs fell to earth
We all like those films about victory
do we want to see the price its worth
amazing how quickly they forget it seems
see that atomic cloud on their tv screen
Watching from afar on an old documentary
But I imagine there are people alive today
that can still hear those awful screams
Or morn the loss of friends and family

(chorus)
There were two Suns in the morning
In the land of the rising sun
There was no warning
They never had a chance to run
As the atomic age was dawning
Down on them

(verse2)
biggest act of terrorism world ever seen
can file this alongside other atrocities
genocide of the Jews, or napalm in Vietnam
but it's more than just the cost of war
you see we all know right from wrong
and everyone of us, we're just human
I wonder if the pilots have nightmares
about the day the atomic child was born
I wonder if their government even cares
as an entire country began to morn

(chorus)
There were two Suns in the morning
In the land of the rising sun
There was no warning
They never had a chance to run
As the atomic age was dawning
Down on them

(verse3)
steel death machine of mankind’s design
government had one goal set in its mind
success was counted in the loss of lives
no need to see it with their own eyes
just give the order and run for cover
let those star spangled silver birds fly
was everything done before decisions made
On the birth of a new nuclear age
The world told it was a necessary evil
Shame we can't ask all those people

(chorus)
There were two Suns in the morning
In the land of the rising sun
There was no warning
They never had a chance to run
As the atomic age was dawning
Down on them