Protect & Survive - The Dubliners

Well the government’s made a document

To help prevent embarrassment

And in the event of an accident

Catching us with our trousers down

It’s no use to you when you’re dead

Nor even when alive

And the name of this piece of paper is

Protect and survive

So when the nukes come raining down

It’s great to be alive, well

World War Three can be such fun

If you protect and survive

Protect and survive

Well a nuclear strike can be recognised

It would stand out in a crowd

There’s a flash, then a bang, then a blast of heat

Then a bloody great mushroom cloud

So if you happen to see one at the end of your street

Would you please pick up the telephone

And inform your local police

So when the nukes come raining down

It’s great to be alive, well

World War Three can be such fun

If you protect and survive

Protect and survive

Put sticky tape on your windows

Block your ears and close your eyes

But it won’t make a blind bit of difference

You won’t have to watch yourself fry

If you find yourself in the target zone

And you haven’t got a shelter

Take a spade into the garden

And dig like merry hell, sir

So when the nukes come raining down

It’s great to be alive, well

World War Three can be such fun

If you protect and survive

Protect and survive

They’ve got strategic ICBM’s

Both theatre and tactical

With independently targeted

Multiple re-entry vehicles

Backfire bombers, Polaris sub’s, cruise missiles

And the boys who hang around the Pentagon

Can’t wait to use these toys

So when the nukes come raining down

It’s great to be alive, well

World War Three can be such fun

If you protect and survive

Protect and survive

When Armageddon gets underway

And the rockets come pouring down

All the bloody politicians who started it

Will scuttle off underground

And when they finally re-emerge

With no life to be found

They can administrate the rubble

And they can order each other around

So when the nukes come raining down

It’s great to be alive, well

World War Three can be such fun

If you protect and survive

Protect and survive

For they give us a four-minute warning

When the rockets are on their way

To give us time to panic and Christians time to pray

So when you hear the siren’s going

Place your head between your thighs

Whilst maintaining this posture

You can make a final gesture

And with a little muscular pressure

You can kiss your arse goodbye

So when the nukes come raining down

It’s great to be alive, well

World War Three can be such fun

If you protect and survive

Protect and survive

Protect and…