Imagine a time

When it all began

In the dying days of a war

A weapon that would settle the score

Whoever found it first

Would be sure to do their worst

They always had before



Imagine a man

Where it all began

A scientist pacing the floor in each nation

Always eager to explore to build the best big stick

To turn the winning trick

But this was something more



The big bang took and shook the world

Shot down the rising sun

The end was begun - it would hit everyone

When the chain reaction was done

The big shots - try to hold it back

Fools tried to wish it away

The hopeful depend on a world without end

Whatever the hopeless may say



Imagine a place

Where it all began

Gathered from across the land

To work in the secrecy of the desert sand

All of the brightest boys

To play with the biggest toys

More than they bargained for



Imagine a man

When it all began

The pilot of "Enola Gay"

Flying out of the shockwave

On that August day

All the powers that be

And the course of history

Would be changed forevermore