Mayday in Kiev LyricsIn a nation with a dangerous penchant for secrecy
A dread disaster at Chernobyl was concealed
As a poisoning cloud spread over the Eastern Bloc
Alarming information was reluctantly revealed
An explosion in reactor four - a fire refusing to cease
No containment walls preventing radioactive release
Evidence that peaceful technology had gone awry
More catastrophically than windscale or TMI
Alert - celebration in Kiev, under glowing skies, Soviet lies
Alert - In nearby Poland, a shower of radiation, children iodized
Mayday - a day of rejoice, a cry of distress
Severe political fallout - toxic exchange of words
Soviet obscurantism - under verbal attack
Abroad, outraged countries appeal for information
Met with grudging riposte, hesitant placation
At home, TASS reports no danger - nothing to fear
As deadly elemental isotopes spew in the biosphere
Alert - celebration in Kiev, under glowing skies, Soviet lies
Alert - In nearby Poland, a shower of radiation, children iodized
Mayday - a day of rejoice, a cry of distress
The unleashed power of the atom - a warning from the past
The benefits of technology are reversed by careless human error
Science - once a savior, now an effective destroyer
We must apply our knowledge with care
(Entombed in concrete, Chernobyl will forever remain a monument to the chilling effects of negligence)
Alert - celebration in Kiev, under glowing skies, Soviet lies
Alert - In nearby Poland, a shower of radiation, children iodized
Mayday - a day of rejoice, a cry of distress
