Jethro Tull - Protect And Survive Lyrics
They said protect and you'll survive-- (but our postman didn't call)8lbs. of over-pressure wave seemed to glue him to the wallThey said protect and you'll surviveE.M.P. took out the radio-- (and our milk-man didn't call)Flash blinded by the pretty lights, didn't see his bottles fall or feel the warm black rain arriveBig friendly cloud builds in the West (and our dust-men haven't called)They left the dual carriageway at a hundred miles an hour-- a tail wind chasing them awayAnd in deep shelters lurk below, sub-regional control who sympathise but cannot help to mend your body or your soulSelf-appointed guadians of the race with egg upon their faceWhen steady sirens sing all-clear they pop up, find nobody hereAnd so I watch two new suns spin-- (our paper man doesn't call)Burnt shadow printed on the road-- now there's nothing there at allThey said protect and you'll survive