Radioactive River Lyrics

Upstream they let the dam out to flood the lowlands

With a radioactive river

Downstream there's nuclear waste on the riverbanks

Of a radioactive river

There's children playing and skipping rocks in the shallow end

Of a radioactive river

They dissolve and die and sink into the deep forgotten pools beneath

The radioactive river

Old men cast broken lines into the deep green

Of the radioactive river

They search for cans in the dirty sand on the riverbanks

Of the radioactive river

The taste on your tongue is tangy and sweet from the deep depths

Of the radioactive river

So you dip a toe to feel the bubbling heat and the sweet relief

Of the radioactive river