I'm gonna preach you a sermon 'bout Old Man Atom, Now I don't mean the Adam in the Bible datum. No, I don't mean the Adam that Mother Eve mated, I mean that thing that science liberated. You know Einstein said he was scared, And what he's scared of, boy, I'm scared. You know life used to be such a simple joy The cyclotron was just a super toy Folks got born, they'd work and marry And "atom" was a word in the dictionary Then it happened These science guys, from every clime, They all pitched in with overtime. Before they knew it, the job was done; They'd hitched up the power of the gosh-darn sun, They put a harness on old Sol, Splittin' atoms, right and left, While the diplomats was splittin' hairs . . . 'cause cartel crowd put on a show They gonna turn back the clock on the UNO, grab a corner on atoms and maybe extinguish every damned atom that can't speak English. Down with foreign-born atoms! America for American atoms Step right up folks, let's atomize world peace. But the atom's international, in spite of hysteria, Flourishes in Utah, also Siberia. The atoms don't care about politics or who got what in whichever fix All he wants to do is to sit around and have his nucleus bombarded by neutrons Yes it's up to the people 'cause the atom don't care You can't fence these many just like air Whether you'are black, white, red or brown The question is this, when you boil it down: To be or not to be! That is the question. . . Yes and the answer to it all ain't military datum Like "Who get their fustest with the mostest atoms" But the people of the world must decide their fate, We got to stick together or disintegrate. We hold these truths to be self-evident: All men could be cremated equal.
[00:14.590] I'm gonna preach you a sermon 'bout Old Man Atom, [00:17.128] Now I don't mean the Adam in the Bible datum. [00:19.900] No, I don't mean the Adam that Mother Eve mated, [00:22.333] I mean that thing that science liberated. [00:25.688] You know Einstein said he was scared, [00:28.947] And what he's scared of, boy, I'm scared. [00:32.845] You know life used to be such a simple joy [00:35.270] The cyclotron was just a super toy [00:37.506] Folks got born, they'd work and marry [00:39.629] And "atom" was a word in the dictionary [00:41.693] Then it happened [00:43.749] These science guys, from every clime, [00:46.188] They all pitched in with overtime. [00:48.237] Before they knew it, the job was done; [00:50.118] They'd hitched up the power of the gosh-darn sun, [00:52.408] They put a harness on old Sol, [00:55.466] Splittin' atoms, right and left, [00:58.910] While the diplomats was splittin' hairs . . . [01:02.430] 'cause cartel crowd put on a show [01:04.769] They gonna turn back the clock on the UNO, [01:07.360] grab a corner on atoms and maybe extinguish [01:09.831] every damned atom that can't speak English. [01:12.096] Down with foreign-born atoms! [01:15.426] America for American atoms [01:18.632] Step right up folks, let's atomize world peace. [01:24.874] But the atom's international, in spite of hysteria, [01:28.277] Flourishes in Utah, also Siberia. [01:31.984] The atoms don't care about politics [01:34.064] or who got what in whichever fix [01:37.294] All he wants to do is to sit around and have his nucleus bombarded by neutrons [01:46.814] Yes it's up to the people [01:47.932] 'cause the atom don't care [01:49.252] You can't fence these many just like air [01:51.597] Whether you'are black, white, red or brown [01:53.773] The question is this, when you boil it down: [01:56.039] To be or not to be! [01:59.054] That is the question. . . [02:01.561] Yes and the answer to it all ain't military datum [02:04.166] Like "Who get their fustest with the mostest atoms" [02:07.533] But the people of the world must decide their fate, [02:09.713] We got to stick together or disintegrate. [02:13.987] We hold these truths to be self-evident: [02:17.529] All men could be cremated equal.
