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 NEGLIGENCEYou can grin but you can't hide
All the emptiness inside
Since she left you like, spit in the rain
Without doubt it is true
She was the only love you knew
Now she's gone it fades away
Like spit in the rain
And you can try to find her
But you'll be looking in vain
Because love disappears like spit in the rain
You can try to figure out
Why you mean nothing to her now
But you might just as well
Just go spit in the rain
Maybe then you will find
Her sweet memory in your mind
Washed away, out of sight
Like spit in the rain
Without doubt it is true
Without her there's only you
But with a little luck and a little time
You'll pull through