Some men with brains in their cranium
Took a piece of uranium
They did what other men couldn't do
They split the atom right in two

Refrain: Now it's up to the people to [bad word] To see that no more bombs are made
That it's great force should only be used
For peace and democracy

They took all the U 238 that
They could find in the United States
They gathered it and made it all
Into the size of a billiard ball

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Down to the south and west they went
To try out their experiment
To find out what they wanted to know
In the desert of New Mexico

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If you should travel out west someday
And happen to stop off in Santa Fe
Just look around and take a stroll [bad word] across a great big hole

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Today it's the size of a billiard ball
Tomorrow it'll be the size of city hall
And when they drop it, you will see
The place where this earth used to be

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We all can have prosperity
With this atomic energy
The world can have its pork and beans
Or be blown into smithereens

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