The narrator (Joe Strummer) emerges from a fallout shelter or bunker of some sort to find the landscape around him devestated by nuclear war- "The panorama of the city is wrong/ In fact the city seams to be gone!/They took it into the nuclear mine/Judging by this, they left nothing behind." He contemplates what he could have done but didn't- "If i could ride a train around the city/That holds this as our fate/I'd ride from electro-circuit central/To the shock inducer gate/...Not forgetting the bypass/Across the washington hooks/Through the phones and desks and screens/Of the kremlins crook of crooks." Set to a backdrop of eerie dub rock soundtrack,this is one of the most chilling songs about nuclear war. (also for cold-war songs see "Are You Re..y by the Clash Mk II)

And he may have been with Oppenheimer Shaken Einsteins hand Said did we have to drop the bomb You bet to save this land He was only taking pictures Around the critical mass While the troops on Tinian island Sang Follow the bouncing ball White Christmas

Insania 20 14 We've thrown away our former gods Controlling now our day We have created better ones So we control the way We are the ones with the power To hold down the enemy Our gods are perfection And they are protecting our lives We still need some more of them To be safe from the other side As long as we're stronger Nothing will happen to us Fireflash in the night Just an evil dream Holy war in the sky. . . .never Insania 20 16 Error in store 103 We watch the sun at night The pretty gods we've built ourselves Now terminate our lives Silicon brain powered voices Are crying "attack" tonight Our gods are now fighting In anger, burning our world Doomsday has come And there is no place to hide away The future is over And there is no turning back Fireflash in the night Now reality Holy war in the sky. . . . (Chorus) Twilight of the gods Insania's dead and gone Another world was born But the twilight soon will come Fireflash in the night Now reality Holy war in the sky (Chorus)

US bombs cruisin' overhead There goes my love rocket red Shoot it up.... Shoot it up.... Blaster bomb bomb bomb ahead Multi millions still unfed

Well the government's made a document To help prevent embarrassment And in the event of an accident Catching us with our trousers down It's no use to you when you're dead Nor even when alive And the name of this peace of paper is Protect and survive So when the nuke's come raining down It's great to be alive, well World War Three can be such fun If you protect and survive Protect and survive Well a nuclear strike can be recognised It would stand out in a crowd There's a flash, then a bang, then a blast of heat Then a bloody great mushroom cloud So if you happen to see one at the end of your street Would you please pick up the telephone And inform your local police So when the nuke's come raining down It's great to be alive, well World War Three can be such fun If you protect and survive Protect and survive Put sticky tape on your windows Block your ears and close your eyes But it won't make a blind bit of difference You won't have to watch yourself fry If you find yourself in the target zone And you haven't got a shelter Take a spade into the garden And dig like merry hell, sir http://www.free-lyrics.org So when the nuke's come raining down It's great to be alive, well World War Three can be such fun If you protect and survive Protect and survive They've got strategic ICBM's Both theatre and tactical With independently targeted Multiple reentry vehicle's Backfire bombers, Polaris sub's, cruise missiles And the boy's who hang around the Pentagon Can't wait to use these toys So when the nuke's come raining down It's great to be alive, well World War Three can be such fun If you protect and survive Protect and survive When Armageddon gets underway And the rockets come pouring down All the bloody politicians who started it Will scuttle off underground And when they finally reemerge With no life to be found They can administrate the rubble And they can order each other a round So when the nuke's come raining down It's great to be alive, well World War Three can be such fun If you protect and survive Protect and survive For they give us a four-minute warning When the rockets are on their way To give us time to panic and Christians time to pray So when you hear the siren's going Place your head between your thighs Whilst maintaining this posture You can make a final gesture And with a little muscular pressure You can kiss your arse goodbye So when the nuke's come raining down It's great to be alive, well World War Three can be such fun If you protect and survive Protect and survive Protect and survive Protect and...

Ride the Wind Wish I could hop that old freight train and leave these blues behind The ways to get away from here been weighinâ€^TM on my mind I know no train can take me where I really want to go But come the dawn I will be gone… Iâ€^TMll ride the wind, you know… Iâ€^TMll just get up and go! Chorus: Ride the wind! Stand the storm! There ainâ€^TMt no place to hide! Ride the wind! Stand the storm! We cannot be denied! Farewell, my friends, Iâ€^TMll miss you all… Iâ€^TMll miss you one and all One of these years I shall return… most likely in the fall So keep the faith that we have known in Love and Liberty And when we once embrace again we shall be strong and free… In Truth we shall be free! Chorus Instrumental Chorus Cold winds blow across the land… Dark clouds gather gloom Children wake up crying… Parents rush into the room Itâ€^TMs just another nightmare of impending days of doom But weâ€^TMre gonna tear â€oeyour terror” down and make the deserts bloom! Yeah, thatâ€^TMs what we assume! Chorus Itâ€^TMs just like us to rise again when we have sunk so low Those who have no sense of shame will never learn to grow We cannot live locked in the past… The winter canâ€^TMt stop spring! So let us join our hearts in hope… Letâ€^TMs hear those voices ring! Yeah, letâ€^TMs hear those voices sing! Chorus Instrumental Chorus Copyright 1988 Victor RenĂ© Sadot/BMI/Orbian Love Music This song was the title cut for the 12 song LP Ride the Wind released in 1988. http://www.vicsadot.com Hear the full song for free here: Ride the Wind â€" Broadsides & Retrospectives by Vic Sadot on Last FM Internet Radio http://www.last.fm/music/Vic+Sadot/_/Ride+The+Wind Still commercially on a compilation called Broadsides & Retrospectives at CD Baby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/vicsadot2

No one likes us-I dont know why We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try But all around, even our old friends put us down Lets drop the big one and see what happens We give them money-but are they grateful? No, theyre spiteful and theyre hateful They dont respect us-so lets surprise them Well drop the big one and pulverize them Asia's crowded, Europes too old Africa is far too hot And Canada's too cold South America stole our name Lets drop the big one There'll be no one left to blame us Well save Australia Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo We'll build an all American amusement park there They got surfin, too! Boom goes London and boom Paree More room for you and more room for me And every city the whole world round Will just be another American town Oh, how peaceful it will be Well set everybody free You'll wear a Japanese kimono And there'll be Italian shoes for me

*** Man At C&A *** Warning, warning, nuclear attack Atomic sounds designed to blow your mind World war three - Nuclear attack Rocking atomically - This third world war - Atomic sounds The man in black he told me the latest Moscow news about the storm across the red sea They drove their ball point views I'm the man in grey, I'm just the man at C & A And I don't have a say in the war games that they play Warning, warning, nuclear attack Shark attack to hit you on your back World war three The Mickey Mouse badge told the Ayatollah at his feet You drink your oil you schmuck, we'll eat our heads of wheat I'm the man in grey, I'm just the man at C & A And I don't have a say in the war games that they play Boom shakalaka boom Nuclear nuclear, nuclear war Warning, warning, nuclear attack The boom never ban Shark attack. (this was agreat album song off the album 'More Specials' by the 80's ska-band who also recorded the first Madness single, 'The Prince'.

In the beginning was a world Man said: Let there be more light Electric scenes a maze of beams Neon brights to light our boring nights On the second day he said: Let's have a gas Hydrogen and CO are of the past Let's make some germs, we'll poison the worms Man will never be surpassed And he said: Behold what I have done I've made a better world for everyone Nobody laughs, nobody cries World without end, forever and ever Amen, amen, amen On the third we get green and blue pill pie On the fourth we send rockets to the sky On the fifth metal beasts and submarines On the sixth man prepares his final dream: In our image, let's make robots for our slaves Imagine all the time that we can save Computers, machines, the silicon dream Seventh he retired from the scene And he said: Behold what I have done I've made a better world for everyone Nobody laughs, nobody cries World without end, forever and ever Amen (amen), amen (amen), amen (amen) On the eighth day machine just got upset A problem man had not foreseen as yet No time for flight, a blinding light Then nothing but a void, forever night He said: Behold what man has done There's not a world for anyone Nobody laughs, nobody cries World's at an end, everyone has died Forever amen (amen), amen (amen), amen (amen) He said: Behold what man has done There's not a world for anyone Nobody laughes, nobody cries World's at an end, everyone has died Forever amen (amen), amen (amen), amen (amen)

A hardcore punk song detailing the various aspects of devastation left after the detonation of a nuclear device

This somber song describes an incident in the mid-50's when a japanese fishing boat was accidentally caught within the fallout zone from one of our H-bomb tests. "On the edge of the bay A day just like the next They gather their nets And face their boats around Over the rooftops Hear the hum of wings In seventeen seconds The world explodes And it buries the night a brave new sunrise With a sweep of the sword, a blood red sunrise You'll never see the faces Of the fishermen But you may see their shadows Burned against the wall And in the temple grounds New bamboo grows again As if the heat of the flame Had left no trace at all And there's a light in the eastern sky ... sunrise And there's no place a man can hide, the sunrise Well, it buries the night, a brave new sunrise With a sweep of the sword, a blood red sunrise But in the cool of the evening When the children sleep The old mountain remembers And hangs his head in clouds And there's a light in the eastern sky, yeah, ... sunrise And there's no place a man can hide, the sunrise Well, it buries the night, a brave new sunrise With a sweep of the sword, a blood red ... sunrise. "

The song is about the bombing of Hiroshima, named after the plane that carried out the attack.

In 1914 a war began,
a million soldiers lent a hand,
Weren't many planes to give support,
hand to hand was the way they fought.
Young men were called up for the cause,
for king and country and the cross,
In their naivete they thought it was for glory,
so they'd been taught.
In 1939 once again there came the sound of marching men,
Occupying European land,
all the way to North French sands,
But, in the final year of that war,
two big bangs settled the score,
Against Japan, who'd joined the fight,
the rising sun didn't look so bright.
Since that day it's been stalemate,
everyone's scared to obliterate,
So it seems for peace we can thank the bomb,
so I say thank Christ for the bomb (3)

the mistakes of the struggling survivors of a global nuclear shambles was a theme common to donald fagen/steely dan- like in "king of the world,"(1973) "black friday"(1975) "the last mall"(2003)and this tune from fagen's 1982 solo album "the nightfly." story: randy teenage geek lures class babe into his father's bomb shelter-which becomes their own private party house. rife with stunning animation done in fifties-retro style, the video for this song has been called "the greatest video ever made" by rolling stone."

Can you read my mind
can you see in the snow
And fiery demons all dance
When you walk through that door
Don't say you're easy on me
You're about as easy as a nuclear war

Anti-violence song from their first breathtaking album of 1980: Jeopardy.

The title was taken from the Neil Shute book. The lyrics go: As I ride the motor tide I look for somewhere All I see is other faces, all I find is nowhere I'll like a place or some space that no-one gets up to She says "A town is just a town, full stop." but what does she know? Here comes a great wave to wash it all away No piece of glass or chrome remains Here comes that wave again, see how fast it flows We'll wash this place right down the drain Not the lyrics to "ON THE BEACH" ?, Please report that below. In the dark a thousand cars hiss by my window A steel tide on a asphalt beach they come and they go I hear a beat in the motor seat that I could die too She says "A town is just a town, full stop." but what does she know? Here comes a great wave... Here comes that wave again..."

"Let's have a black celebration...to celebrate the fact that we've seen the back of another black day..." The title song from their 1986 album. The album's subtitle is "Life in the So-Called Space Age."

A song written about the cold war about possibly being bombed at any moment from the Russians. Meant only as a comedy, but still talks about it.

Ian Gillan's ultimate (anti) Nuclear War Song. http://www.answers.com/topic/ian-gillan Lyrics highlights: 'From where I stand, I can see the mushrooms in the sky....and those who have no wings will fly...'. The song reminds me of an earlier Ian Gillan Band's album cover of 1977:'Clear Air Turbulence' with a spaceship escaping the nuclear mushrooms below.