Robert Oppenheimer

Forces we could not understand

Danced around us in a band

Just like when we split the atom

Power was in our hands

But we blew it up again

Just like when we split the atom

When we unzipped God's pants

She looked down and said

"Well I don't think we've met"

And that's how we split the atom

But she became too small

If you give her a call

Tell her we regret it all

And would do it all again

I thought the world was mine

Really thought I had it all

For a second

For a change

For that brief and early fall

But winter comes and it's so hot

The day comes and it's so dark

And you wonder

Why did we split the atom?

When they spit on my grave

Will they remember what I said?

Will they remember that day?

And how we felt

Just like when we split the atom