Countdown To Zero
(John Wetton / Geoff Downes) 

The night is cold, the sun is down 
I see faces through the wire 
No chance for them 
No shoulder left to cry on 

It's 4 am out on the street 
Through the smoke I see the fire 
It's a funeral pyre 
For them to die on 

Countdown to zero 
Just begun 
Countdown to zero 
It's time to start [bad word] 

The city lights are fading now 
As I climb into the plane 
To shield me from 
The stinging acid rain 

And this is it, it's over now 
As we taxi [bad word] one 
Tell me please 
You'll wake me when it's over 

Countdown to zero 
Just begun 
Countdown to zero 
It's time to start [bad word] 

Do you realize what's happening in western Europe? 
Norway, Finland, Scotland, England 
We will be the first to go 
Don't do it 

Countdown to zero 
Just begun 
Countdown to zero 
It's time to start [bad word] 

Don't do it 
Don't do it 
Don't start the countdown to zero 
We want to live 
We want to live 
We will live 
You've got your finger on the trigger 
Take it off 
Let it go 
Let it pass 
Let it go