Cold War Kids

lay me down with my eyes wide open
read me stories from the bedtime book
tuck me in, fingers crossed, ears open
in the morning we'll go out and have a look

lay me down with my good thoughts only
I will sleep tonight without any cares
tell Mr. Kennedy I know he's lonely
and I will think of him in my prayers

got the radio on, they're playin the monster mash
kids duck and cover when you hear that flash
tell me what'd you learn in school today
saw a picture of the russians in black and white and grey

we're gonna need some water, fill the bathtub up
three kids scared and wide-eyed drinkin campbells from a cup
my daddy never got the shelter dug
cause momma took the money spent it on the living room rug

these are things I'm sure of
these are things I see
somewhere somebody I've never even heard of
has got his finger on a trigger, pointed at me

well these are the moments, these are the times
things we remember for the rest of our lives
these are the lessons that never got learned
when you grow up expecting that the world might burn
like we did
the cold war kids

well these are the moments, these are the times
things we remember for the rest of our lives

now, jfk and jackie were the golden ones
till john-john saluted in the indian summer sun
and halfway round the world, down in east berlin
they're working on a wall to keep the people in, yeah
theseare things I'm sure of
these are things I see
somewhere somebody I never even heard of's
got his finger on the trigger, pointed at me

well these things are the moments, these are the times
things we remember for the rest of our lives
these are the lessons that never got learned
when you grow up expecting that the world might burn
like we did - the cold war kids

these are the moments, these are the time
things we remember for the rest of our lives

hey yeah
ha-wowh
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ha-wowh
hey yah
these are the moments, these are the times
things we remember for the rest of our lives
these are the lessons that never got learned
when you grow up expecting that the world's gonna burn