Is it a history lesson
Or a sign of the times
A morality play
Or just the same old shit
On a different day
Fear seems rooted in our DNA
And tragedy never seems far away
So let me share with you
this sad little ditty
That has bothered me
Since I was a kiddie
Fallout Shelter
Now you can be brave and you can be proud
But we all live under a nuclear cloud
And we could get buried in a nuclear shroud
Don’t live your life all helter-skeltor
Build yourself a fall-out shelter
Big enough for you and kin
Just don’t invite friends and neighbors in
Now you can be sane or you can be crazy
You can work hard or you can be lazy
Without a shelter you’re pushing up daisies
You know it aint fair, you know it ain’t right
Those damned Rooskies keep us up all night
Got the kids in school doin fall-out drills
Got the grown-ups taking ‘benzos’ pills
Every soul in the whole damn nation
Knows the definition of annihilation
Don’t live your life all helter-skeltor
Build yourself a fall-out shelter
Big enough for you and kin
Just don’t invite friends and neighbors in
Rubba dub dub, get your own shelter bub
Get your own shelter bub
Get your own shelter bub
The Bard of Appanoose
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