Atomic Energy - Sir Lancelot

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

Now it’s up to the people to crusade

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

Now it’s up to the people to crusade

To see that no more bombs are made

That it’s great force should only be used

For peace and democracy

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

Now it’s up to the people to crusade

To see that no more bombs are made

That it’s great force should only be used

For peace and democracy

If you should travel out west someday

And happen to stop off in Santa Fe

Just look around and take a stroll

You’ll come across a great big hole

Now it’s up to the people to crusade

To see that no more bombs are made

That it’s great force should only be used

For peace and democracy

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

Now it’s up to the people to crusade

To see that no more bombs are made

That it’s great force should only be used

For peace and democracy

We all can have prosperity

With this atomic energy

The world can have its pork and beans

Or be blown into smithereens

Now it’s up to the people to crusade

To see that no more bombs are made

That it’s great force should only be used

For peace and democracy