The news on the TV came with much shock and fright
Doomsday clock advanced to five minutes before midnight
For decades our leaders have failed to act wisely we say
So now 30 nations can produce nuclear bombs at any day
Nine already have the bomb the generals list as fighting tools
And we, our civilization, look less intelligent than utter fools
Surely we must ask if Euripides was right when he wrote so sad
"Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad"
How else explain 27,000 nuclear bombs existing worldwide
Knowing exploding a few hundred or less would be suicide
We cannot endure fools and their folly in the coming years
Or the nuclear nightmare will surely end in eternal tears
Time to act with an iron will
And never rest nor ne still
Until all nukes abolished from the earth
Making way for a great rebirth
A new civilization based on respect for life
With world law to end war and violent strife
This must come to pass to reach that universal date
When the human drama reveals its mysterious fate