David Rovics
Hiroshima
Ten thousand children played in the playgroundSwingin' on swings, didn't hear the soundOf the single plane that flew overheadThe third shift workers were just goin' to bedThere was a flash of light and a rumbling noiseGone in a instant, parents, girls and boysTen thousand mothers were boiling riceA thousand prisoners of war were rolling their diceHoping they'd survive this terrible stormWhen each young man in his uniformVanished in the air in the blink of an eyeOne moment they lived, in the next they all diedHiroshima, HiroshimaTen thousand chickens were sittin' on eggsBeaks in their wings, restin' their legsTen thousand farmers were lookin' at their fieldsPlanning the harvest, guessin' at yields,Dreaming of life after the war,An the next second they weren't living no moreHiroshima, HiroshimaTen thousand lovers made love to each other,Each one of them thinkin' there might not be anotherLiving so long with death everywhereSongtexteMuch more than one person alone can bearBut there wasn't time for a final kissWho could've known it would end like this?Hiroshima, HiroshimaA hundred thousand people were living their livesGrandparents, children, fathers and wivesNow they're just shadows on the streetIn such a quick burst of incredible heatNow listen to them talk about doing it againFrom whence came the souls of these terrible men?Hiroshima, HiroshimaHiroshima, Hiroshima
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