作词 : Jarzombek, Keyser
IN A NATION WITH A DANGEROUS PENCHANT FOR SECRECY 
A DREAD DISASTER AT CHERNOBYL WAS CONCEALED 
AS A POISONING CLOUD SPREAD OVER THE EASTERN BLOC 
ALARMING INFORMATION WAS RELUCTANTLY REVEALED 
AN EXPLOSION IN REACTOR FOUR-A FIRE REFUSING TO CEASE 
NO CONTAINMENT WALLS PREVENTING RADIOACTIVE RELEASE 
EVIDENCE THAT PEACEFUL TECHNOLOGY HAD GONE AWRY 
MORE CATASTROPHICALLY THAN WINDSCALE OR TMI 
ALERT-CELEBRATION IN KIEV, UNDER GLOWING SKIES, SOVIET LIES 
ALERT-IN NEARBY POLAND, A SHOWER OF RADIATION, CHILDREN IODIZED 
MAYDAY- A DAY OF REJOICE, A CRY OF DISTRESS 
SEVERE POLITICAL FALLOUT-TOXIC EXCHANGE OF WORDS 
SOVIET OBSCURANTISM-UNDER VERBAL ATTACK 
ABROAD, OUTRAGED COUNTRIES APPEAL FOR INFORMATION 
MET WITH GRUDGING RIPOSTE, HESITANT PLACATION 
AT HOME, TASS REPORTS NO DANGER-NOTHING TO FEAR 
AS DEADLY ELEMENTAL ISOTOPES SPEW IN THE BIOSPHERE 
ALERT-CELEBRATION IN KIEV, UNDER GLOWING SKIES, SOVIET LIES 
ALERT-IN NEARBY POLAND, A SHOWER OF RADIATION, CHILDREN IODIZED 
MAYDAY- A DAY OF REJOICE, A CRY OF DISTRESS 
THE UNLEASHED POWER OF THE ATOM-A WARNING FROM THE PAST 
THE BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY ARE REVERSED BY CARELESS HUMAN ERROR 
SCIENCE-ONCE A SAVIOR. NOW AN EFFECTIVE DESTROYER 
WE MUST APPLY OUR KNOWLEDGE WITH CARE 
(ENTOMBED IN CONCRETE, CHERNOBYL WILL FOREVER REMAIN, 
A MONUMENT TO THE CHILLING EFFECTS OF NEGLIGENCE