Manhattan Project
Imagine a time when it all beganIn the dying days of a warA weapon that would settle the scoreWhoever found it first would be sure to do their worstThey always had before...
Imagine a man where it all beganA scientist pacing the floorIn each nation, always eager to exploreTo build the best big stickTo turn the winning trickBut this was something more...
The big bang took and shook the worldShot down the rising sunThe end was begun and it hit everyoneWhen the chain reaction was doneThe big shots tried to hold it backFools tried to wish it awayThe hopeful depend on a world without endWhatever the hopeless may say
Imagine a place where it all beganGathered from across the landTo work in the secrecy of the desert sandAll of the brightest boysTo play with the biggest toysMore than they bargained for...
The big bang took and shook the worldShot down the rising sunThe end was begun and it hit everyoneWhen the chain reaction was doneThe big shots tried to hold it backFools tried to wish it awayThe hopeful depend on a world without endWhatever the hopeless may say
Imagine a man when it all beganThe pilot of 'Enola Gay'Flying out of the shockwave on that August dayAll the powers that be, and the course of historyWould be changed forevermore...