As The World Caves In – Sarah Cothran (originally by Matt Maltese)
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My feet are aching And your back is pretty tired And we’ve drunk a couple bottles, babe And set our grief aside The papers say it’s doomsday The button has been pressed We’re gonna nuke each other up boys ‘Til old Satan stands impressed
And here it is, our final night alive As the earth burns to the ground
Oh boy it’s you that I lie with As the atom bomb locks in Oh, boy, it’s you I watch TV with As the world, as the world caves in
You put your finest suit on I paint my fingernails Oh we’re going out in style babe And everything’s on sale We creep up on extinction I pull your arms right in I weep and say goodnight love While my organs pack it in
And here it is, our final night alive And as the earth burns to the ground
Oh boy it’s you that I lie with As the atom bomb locks in Oh, boy, it’s you I watch TV with