Uptones (The)

Radiation Boy
He spent his days at school, he never broke the rules,He was nicer than me, Radiadiation BoyHis friends were always true, though he had just a few,He lived so peacefully, quietly and happilyHe Lived across that hill, where life is always still,Not far from you and me, rather close to you and meNear his house was a place, where they put toxic wasteA barrel starts to leak, Radiadiation BoyRay-ay-ay-ay-adiation BoyYou can't remember your name and your eyes can hardly seeThe get well soon card from PG&ERay-ay-ay-ay-adiation BoyOh did you read the paper this morning dear? (what!?)Shocking news about that nice boy from just down the streetIt seems that late last night, just before light,He had some fun with bombs down at the corporate buildingsThey say his eyes were bleeding, his hair was falling out,He screamed this could be you but they took him to the cutting roomAs they hauled him away, he screamed out to his friends,It's in the air that we breathe in every single dayRay-ay-ay-ay-adiation BoyYou can't remember your name and your eyes can hardly seeThe get well soon card from PG&ESongtexteRay-ay-ay-ay-adiation BoyAnd now it's ten years later, and I hear people say,It's sad I know but they say he was a masturbatorHe had warts on his hands, and swollen glands,And he made wretched sounds at decent people as they passedIt's funny how people tend to twist history,to justify injustices of past times,You'd better cross your fingers, then try to get it up,Cos in this world today, we're all radiation boysRay-ay-ay-ay-adiation BoyYou can't remember your name and your eyes can hardly seeThe get well soon card from PG&ECos your a Ray-ay-ay-ay-adiation Boy Aus Songtexte Mania