Every second that passed by
Someone is born and someone dies
Somebody tells the truth, somebody lies
Different attitudes and soon to build the cruise
No-one will win and all will lose
You haven't got a choice, you cannot choose -- choose

Our world is on the verge of closing down
And now we frown
Goodbye my home, farewell my town
The arms race is getting stronger
Governments threaten our chances of living longer
Mass demonstrations show how we feel
Will our sorrow ever heal
The thoughts of a perfect world are so unreal -- unreal

Giving amere pittance to live on
They say they can't afford no more
What about the millions spent on bombs mindless bombs
They say we've got it all wrong
And the dole queues they have grown
We're working for a cause and soon comes 1984

A nuclear holocaust must be stopped
At any cost many, lives will be lost
They haven't got a care their minds are engrossed in their little war games
Stopping their ploy is our only aim
With our lives they toy
And still they plan to destroy -- destroy

A nuclear holocaust must be stopped
At any cost, many lives will be lost
They haven't got a care their minds are engrossed in their little war games
Stopping their ploy is our only aim
With our lives they toy
And still they plan to destroy

The end of the defence of the realm