Meltdown Friendship Frigate Lyrics

Meltdown Friendship Frigate

Words & Music by Glenn Hansen copyright SOCAN

The concrete tower

Producing the power

Casts a deep, dark shadow

Over the countryside

Hour after hour

The nuclear reactor

Drives the giant turbines

That keeps them electrified

But what would happen if there was an accident

The utility says this could never occur

They say the fail-safe systems would prevent

A disastrous situation, this they assure

But can we really believe everything they say

When they don't even know what to do with the waste

It seems that money is the dominant factor

It costs too much to shut down the reactor

Meltdown

It's called the China Syndrome

Meltdown

It would drive you from your home

Why do they have to play

Russian Roulette with a loaded gun

Some day it may hurt everyone

Meltdown

Meltdown

The issues are complex

The public is vexed

But the utility

Ignores the public's pleas

It's a power play

In more than one way

There's much at stake for the

Nuclear industry

They try to placate us with meaningless statements

But public relations won't help us at all

If there's an uncontrollable nuclear incident

That finds a way out of the tower's concrete walls

No, we can't really believe everything they say

They're too involved in the complex power play

It seems that money is the dominant factor

It costs too much to shut down the reactor

Meltdown

It's called the China Syndrome

Meltdown

It would drive you from your home

Why do they have to play

Russian Roulette with a loaded gun

Some day it may hurt everyone

Meltdown

Meltdown

Sail away on the Friendship Frigate

It will float your soul away from it all

Sail away on the Friendship Frigate

You will find the peace you wish to recall

You wish to recall

Life's not hard at all

You will never fall

So, sail away on the Friendship Frigate

Sail away, sail away, sail away today

Sailing past cliffs hidden within the night

White doves that shimmer in the violet haze

Twinkling stars that shed everlasting light

A billowing cloud of white drifts and sways

Magic's in the air

Peace is everywhere

Love is there to share

So, sail away on the Friendship Frigate

Sail away, sail away, sail away today

Please come with me on the Friendship Frigate

There we will find all the love that we need

Please come with me on the Friendship Frigate

You and me and all the world will be freed

We will all be freed

Find the love we need

Plant a brand new seed

So, sail away on the Friendship Frigate

Sail away, sail away, sail away today

Sail away

Sail today

Sail away