Star Spangled Bombers
30-05-2008
Sacrifice And Greed
Lyrics by S.Newman

(chorus)
There were two Suns in the morning
In the land of the rising sun
There was no warning
They never had a chance to run
As the atomic age was dawning
Down on them

(verse1)
I doubt we will see a Hollywood movie
about the day the bombs fell to earth
We all like those films about victory
but do we really want to see the price its worth
Its amazing how quickly people forget it seems
When they see that atomic cloud on their tv screen
Watching it from afar on some old documentary
But I imagine there are people alive today
that can still hear those awful screams
Or morn the loss of friends and family

(chorus)
There were two Suns in the morning
In the land of the rising sun
There was no warning
They never had a chance to run
As the atomic age was dawning
Down on them

(verse2)
biggest act of terrorism the world has ever seen
you can file this alongside other atrocities
genocide of the Jews, or napalm in Vietnam
but it's more than just the cost of war
you see we all know right from wrong
And we are all just human
I wonder if the pilots have nightmares
about the day the atomic child was born
I wonder if their government even cares
for the crew that flew out in the morn

(chorus)
There were two Suns in the morning
In the land of the rising sun
There was no warning
They never had a chance to run
As the atomic age was dawning
Down on them

(verse3)
star spangled bomber of silverplate design
The government had one goal set in its mind
success was counted in the loss of lives
seventy thousand gone in the blink of an eye
Then many more as time went by
Cancer, what a horrible way to die
everything done before the desision was made
On the birth of the nuclear age
The world told it was a necessary evil
Shame we can't ask all those people

(chorus)
There were two Suns in the morning
In the land of the rising sun
There was no warning
They never had a chance to run
As the atomic age was dawning
Down on them