It was the bluest of August skies When they finally sent the bombs On the first day of the end of the world It was a bang after all We must a**ume there were an anxious few Who clearly saw the signs But for the bulk of the human race It really came as a surprise From the bluest sky No cloud in sight No screams, dead bees Just a clear blue sky For the sake of human history Let's stop the clock and freeze the frame And we can see our final moments In all the beauty and the shame A million cars buzzing home from work A thousand kids running out to play And all while hanging in the air Are the drops of a deadly rain From the bluest sky No long goodbye No plague, big wave Just a clear blue sky There was a man sitting on a plane Drinking scotch from a plastic cup And he was reading about ancient Rome And the lead in their aqueducts As he looked out the window there He saw a warhead swimming by He looked again and blinked his eyes But all he saw was the bluest sky It'll be the bluest sky On the day we die No drought before the fallout Just a clear blue sky Just a clear blue sky