Meltdown Friendship Frigate
Words & Music by Glenn Hansen copyright SOCAN
The concrete tower
Producing the power
Casts a deep, dark shadow
Over the countryside
Hour after hour
The nuclear reactor
Drives the giant turbines
That keeps them electrified
But what would happen if there was an accident
The utility says this could never occur
They say the fail-safe systems would prevent
A disastrous situation, this they assure
But can we really believe everything they say
When they don't even know what to do with the waste
It seems that money is the dominant factor
It costs too much to shut down the reactor
Meltdown
It's called the China Syndrome
Meltdown
It would drive you from your home
Why do they have to play
Russian Roulette with a loaded gun
Some day it may hurt everyone
Meltdown
Meltdown
The issues are complex
The public is vexed
But the utility
Ignores the public's pleas
It's a power play
In more than one way
There's much at stake for the
Nuclear industry
They try to placate us with meaningless statements
But public relations won't help us at all
If there's an uncontrollable nuclear incident
That finds a way out of the tower's concrete walls
No, we can't really believe everything they say
They're too involved in the complex power play
It seems that money is the dominant factor
It costs too much to shut down the reactor
Meltdown
It's called the China Syndrome
Meltdown
It would drive you from your home
Why do they have to play
Russian Roulette with a loaded gun
Some day it may hurt everyone
Meltdown
Meltdown
Sail away on the Friendship Frigate
It will float your soul away from it all
Sail away on the Friendship Frigate
You will find the peace you wish to recall
You wish to recall
Life's not hard at all
You will never fall
So, sail away on the Friendship Frigate
Sail away, sail away, sail away today
Sailing past cliffs hidden within the night
White doves that shimmer in the violet haze
Twinkling stars that shed everlasting light
A billowing cloud of white drifts and sways
Magic's in the air
Peace is everywhere
Love is there to share
So, sail away on the Friendship Frigate
Sail away, sail away, sail away today
Please come with me on the Friendship Frigate
There we will find all the love that we need
Please come with me on the Friendship Frigate
You and me and all the world will be freed
We will all be freed
Find the love we need
Plant a brand new seed
So, sail away on the Friendship Frigate
Sail away, sail away, sail away today
Sail away
Sail today
Sail away