They're building an Atom Bomb
Gonna blow me outta this place
They're building a bigger bomb
What a crazy human race
Let 'em kill us all and we'll stand and watch
Well brother that ain't for me
I'll be runnin' and a jumpin' and a skippin' and a bumpin' when they blow me to smithereens.
Now I'm not a man that's a-scared of things
Least things I knows about
But when my tater patch left the ground
I started right then getting out
I figured it was time for all good men to rise up and really shine and I'll betchya anybody that saw me leave gonna say I sure did fine.
They're building an Atom Bomb gonna really cook our goose
They're building a bigger bomb - done turn the little one loose
I'll never get out of this world alive but brother I can plain sure try
I'll be runnin' and a jumpin' and a skippin' and a bumpin' when the first big smoke goes by.
Now fellas I fought in World War I and that was quite a brawl
And old number two, that was really because that we all recall
I'm wishin' for a way to the moon and soon before this next one starts
I want to get up there in one piece and not just part by part.
They're building an Atom Bomb
Gonna blow me outta this place
They're building a bigger bomb
What a crazy human race
Let 'em kill us all and we'll stand and watch
Well brother that ain't for me
I'll be runnin' and a jumpin' and a skippin' and a bumpin' when they blow me to smithereens.
PIANO SOLO
Now the place for me is up in them hills in a cave way back near the rocks
When that thing goes off I'll get the char but none of the real bad shocks
With a trusty gun and a can of beans and an old hound dog or two
If there's anybody left it's gonna be me when all of this mess is through.
They're building an Atom Bomb gonna really cook our goose
They're building a bigger bomb - done turn the little one loose
I'll never get out of this world alive but brother I can plain sure try
I'll be runnin' and a jumpin' and a skippin' and a bumpin' when the first big smoke goes by.
Now you think I'm lying but it ain't no joke 'cause I used to live real close
A flash of light made the dead of night nearly scared me out of my clothes
My old hound dog went raving mad, was deaf for a week or two
When we went quit running he was pretty near dead but we figured it was the thing to do.
They're building an Atom Bomb
Gonna blow me outta this place
They're building a bigger bomb
What a crazy human race
Let 'em kill us all and we'll stand and watch
Well brother that ain't for me
I'll be runnin' and a jumpin' and a skippin' and a bumpin' when they blow me to smithereens.
Yea! Oh! Did you ever hear such a noise? (Fade)

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