European Ashes
The cold war is boiling
Resist the war’s curse
Home ain’t a hearse
Only peace keeps the sky from falling
Showing European ashes
They came through Germany at
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European Ashes
The cold war is boiling
Resist the war’s curse
Home ain’t a hearse
Only peace keeps the sky from falling
Showing European ashes
They came through Germany at night
Got froze in their tracks
By a tactical
Beginning of the end was practical
Leaders stashed
It was all planned
Issues not tissues
No one had a chance –
Then came the final sin
With a cruise missile
They took out Berlin
Then they traded
Poland for Holland
Peking for Sweden
Dublin for Chad
London turned to sand
Tactical strategic
Tactical strategic
A big one fell short
Took out the Pacific
No longer specific -
Italy went neutron
Sculptures lived
People died, people died
They came through Germany at night
Got froze in their tracks by a tactical
Beginning of the end was practical
Submarines waited off the
coast of France
No one had a chance
No one had a chance
No one, no one
No one
Look into your hearts
While you still have them
Love, peace, it’s your partner
Before the last dance
Ballistic Kisses
Mike Parker 1984
