Moore, Christy - Hiroshima Nagasaki Russian Roulette Lyrics






They dropped the bomb in '45 to end the world war
No one had ever seen such a terrible sight before
The world looked on with eyes wide to see where it might lead
The politics of power, they passed around their seed
It was a time to remember, we never can forget
They were playin' Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Russian Roulette

They arose like the saviours of our modern human race
With radiation haloes, that hung about their face
With the key to the sure-cure, the treatment of our ills
A hot-shot of cobalt, and a pocket-full of pills
Speaking always of the enemy, who lurked across the sea
While they crept in among us like a carrier disease

Deep down inside the bunkers of the concrete and the lead
Einstein's disciples working steadily ahead
Making heavy metal power-plants to fire the city lights
All you can hear in the underground is the humming through the night
And the walls of tight security, circle all around
Where they spill out their poison and bury it in the ground

Holed up in the harbours hidden secretly away
War-heads and submarines await to make their play
The military masterminds improve on their design
The soldiers get all doped up and stumble through the lines
While the spills into the rivers get carried out by the tide
They call this security but we're not satisfied

Our statesmen and leaders and politicians pay
Quick to heed the hand that feeds, they're careful what they say
They call out experts to assure us, to wave their magic wands
This is the power of the future, And the future marches on
And they call in their favours, all their political gains
While the spills fill the rivers and settle in the plains

I know the minds behind them, they are riddled full of holes
Not to be trusted with their hands at the controls
Their eyesight it is twisted by the glory of their careers
The heaped praise and flattery is music to their ears
To listen to them talk about how it hasn't happened yet's
Like playing Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Russian Roulette





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  1. d.... f....

    Japan and us Irish have a very long tradition of struggle threw amazing music

  2. P.... B....

    davy spillane the Jimi Hendrix of the Uileann pipes ...

  3. T.... W....

    You lads are exactly what I love seen ye in Gloir co Clare Ennis goin to see ye in December in the Queens can’t fecking wait much love lads 🍀🍀🍀❤️

    T.... W....

    From Belfast , enjoy

  4. e.... k....

    Christy and the boys tell it as it is. Once again the imperialist forces rear their ugly heads and try to subjugate Ireland. They won't win. Justice will prevail.

    e.... k....

    The war has yet to start , Irish history repeats itself

  5. R.... C....

    Planxty O Moraigh agus na boys.Up Shimane,Japan..ganbaru!

  6. W.... G....

    Amazing the song is ah great I like it.

  7. c.... w....

    all the political games...

  8. J.... K....

    Moving hearts kept us alive & kicking in the baggot. Inn twice a week every week,for 2 years solid,class first time they played Irish ways & Irish Laws we were all gob smacked with its amazing flowing lyrics,never a truer song sang ☘️💚🍀🇮🇪🙏

  9. M.... H....

    Brilliant song

  10. T.... P....

    we tried to cover this with 2 guitars.... not easy,,,,,,,,,,,, love this song for decades, its so true

  11. R.... B....

    Their version of this is brilliant and nothing short of it. My favourite part is the verse about the warheads and submarines holed up in the harbours, and the bass line sounding discordant and slightly out of tune. Great stuff.

  12. N.... F....

    Still today where one psychopath at the controls away from nuclear anilolation and that makes me sad.

  13. T.... L....

    go on christy ye boy ye.

  14. C.... E....

    this is how i learn my history

  15. C.... C....

    What goes around comes around!!!...:)O(:...

    C.... C....

    [Em]They[C] dropped the[D] bomb in[Em] '45 to end the world war,
    No-[C]one had ever seen[D] such a terrible[Em] sight before,
    TheC] world looked on with[D] eyes wide to[Em] see where it might lead,
    The[C] politics of[D] power, they[Em] passed around their seed,
    It was a[D] time to remember, we never can forget,
    They[Em] were[C] playin' Hiroshi[D]ma, Naga[Em]saki, Russian Roulette.

    They arose like the saviours of our modern human race,
    With radiation haloes, that hung about their face,
    With the key to the sure-cure, the treatment of our ills,
    A hot-shot of cobalt, and a pocket-full of pills,
    Speaking always of the enemy, who lurked across the sea,
    While they crept in among us like a carrier disease.

    Deep down inside the bunkers of the concrete and the lead,
    Einstein's disciples working steadily ahead,
    Making heavy metal power-plants to fire the city lights,
    All you can hear in the underground is the humming through the night,
    And the walls of tight security, circle all around,
    Where they spill out their poison and bury it in the ground.

    Holed up in the harbours hidden secretly away,
    War-heads and submarines await to make their play,
    The military masterminds improve on their design,
    The soldiers get all doped up and stumble through the lines,
    While the spills into the rivers get carried out by the tide,
    They call this security but we're not satisfied.

    Our statesmen and leaders and politicians pay,
    Quick to heed the hand that feeds, they're careful what they say,
    They call out experts to assure us, to wave their magic wands,
    This is the power of the future, And the future marches on,
    And they call in their favours, all their political gains,
    While the spills fill the rivers and settle in the plains.

    They've caused the death of millions, that's their stock and trade,
    They will be afflicted by the fallout that they've made,
    They've sealed their own inevitable doom, it must surely come,
    Not even the moons of Jupiter will be far enough away to run,
    When this earth that they've assaulted, begins to turn around,
    And the unavoidable gravity, sucks them to the ground.

    I know the minds behind them, they are riddled full of holes,
    Not to be trusted with their hands at the controls,
    Their eyesight it is twisted by the glory of their careers,
    The heaped praise and flattery is music to their ears,
    To listen to them talk about how it hasn't happened yet's,
    Like playing Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Russian Roulette...


                                     ...........:)O(:.............

  16. T.... S....

    Génial !