With the cold war now behind us we no longer live in fear
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Of a world on the brink of annihilation
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Where in a flash it could all disappear
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The forgotten nuclear stockpiles of military might
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Were never designed for use or destruction
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But to help us sleep at night
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What ever happened to our nuclear arms?
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They were only forgotten they weren¡¯t disarmed
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The threat has not been left behind
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They¡¯re just out of sight and out of mind
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The absence of a threat is another illusion
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To keep us all sedate
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So we won¡¯t reject but just accept
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When someone else controls our fate
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And from taking issue with the massive armaments
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And their outrageous cost
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And the possibility of nuclear war
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The whole world would have lost
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What ever happened to our nuclear arms?
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They were only forgotten they weren¡¯t disarmed
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The threat has not been left behind
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They¡¯re just out of sight and out of mind
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The ghosts of the past strongly suggest
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that our responsibility not be waived
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while the skeletons in our closet
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prove that we¡¯re depraved
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the insanity of the superpowers placed us in a race
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with an unavoidable finish that we¡¯re still condemned to face
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the threat of a nuclear holocaust will continue to persist
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as long as hatred is still alive and the weapons still exist
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we¡¯re no safer now than we ever were
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we¡¯re simply in denial
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in truth the reality of destruction
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has been with us all the while
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we¡¯re still faced with the doomsday scenario
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and it still is our concern
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will we ever face our responsibility
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or will humanity never learn
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What ever happened to our nuclear arms?
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They were only forgotten they weren¡¯t disarmed
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The threat has not been left behind
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They¡¯re just out of sight and out of mind
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Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
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Behind Enemy Lines |