Story Behind The Song
Inspire by a friend who said, "In the 50s, we had Doo-wop to get us through the crazy political times."
Song Description
While human civilization holds it breath and the US and Russia threatn to exterminate all life on Earth, the youth of the 1950s turns their collective minds to Doo-wop.
| Song Length |
4:08 |
Genre |
R & B - Doo Wop, Pop - Classic |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
War |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1950 - 1959 |
| |
Lyrics
Cold War
CHORUS
Now it's a cold, cold war
No one fires a shot
We just stand here pointing weapons
Until someone dies of shock
Yes it's a cold war
A thaw could end the human race
We're crossing our fingers in our pockets
Blasting our cold war rockets into space
The family out in Iowa
Doesn't know what to do
With Khrushchev on the T.V.
Pounding his shoe
Do we build our air raid shelter
With a gun to keep them out?
Or just stand here in the open
Exposed to the fallout?
CHORUS
What a shame we build these weapons
To hideous to use
When if it ever comes to contest
Everyone would lose
How 'bout we turn around those cylinders
And point them toward the stars?
Send them off on voyages
And land them on Mars?
CHORUS
Look like all of human history
Is frozen on the brink
Armed with hate and our technology
We could end it in a wink
That's why we turn our minds to Doo-wop
Pretend it's all OK
Keep practicing our harmonies
Let it all go away
CHORUS
War is war
Or so they say
But this one breaks the mold
No armies and no battlefields
This war is cold