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MELTDOWN

They used to call it the melting pot
Now it's a mess, like it or not
If only the ones in the big, shiny cars
Hadn't started the nuclear wars
Then maybe we'd still have time on the clock,
But everything's melting down... down
Everything's melting down... down
Everything's melting... everything's melting down

Now all the wise men have died
And all of the children have cried
If only the mothers still knew
All the words of the Golden Rule
Then maybe their sons would not have lied

Bridge

So now I must ask you
What are we to do?
Now all the games are through?
How can you stand by so cool
While everything's melting down (screamed)?

Guitar solo

Now there's still time to make amends
If down on our knees we would bend
If God can forgive a fool,
Think what he'd do for me or you
How can you stand by so cool
While everything's melting down?

Down... everything's melting down...
Down... everything's melting
Everything's melting down
(ends with sound of nuclear wind blowing)

All words and music
© 2002 Gregory Hatfield
©2002 TimeSpirit Publishing (Ind.)

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