When the Wild Wind Blows

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

Have you heard what they said

On the news today?

Have you heard what is coming

To us all?

That the world as we know it

Will be coming to an end

Have you heard, have you heard?

[Verse 2]

He sees them in the distance

Where the darkened clouds roll

He could feel tension

In the atmosphere

He would look in the mirror

See an old man now

Does it matter, they survive somehow?

[Verse 3]

They said, "There's nothing

Can be done about the situation"

They said, "There's nothing

We can do at all"

To sit and wait around

For something to occur

Did you know, did you know?

[Verse 4]

As he stares across the garden

Looking at the meadows

And wonders if they'll

Ever grow again

The desperation of the situation

Getting graver

Getting ready

When the wild wind blows

[Verse 5]

Have you seen what they said

On the news today?

Have you heard what they said

About us all?

Do you know what is happening

To just every one of us?

Have you heard, have you heard?

[Verse 6]

There will be a catastrophe

The like we’ve never seen

There will be something

That will light the sky

That the world as we know it

It will never be the same

Did you know, did you know?

[Verse 7]

He carries everything

Into the shelter, not a fuss

Getting ready

When the moment comes

He has enough supplies

To last them for a year or two

Good to have, because you never know

[Verse 8]

They tell us nothing

That we don't already know about

They tell us nothing

That is real at all

They only fill us

With the stuff that they want

Did you know, did you know?

[Verse 9]

He's nearly finished

With the preparations for the day

He's getting tired

That'll do for now

They are preparing

For the very worst to come to them

Getting ready

When the wild wind blows

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

He sees the picture on the wall

It's falling down upside down

He sees a teardrop from his wife

Roll down her face, saying grace

Remember times they had

They flash right through his mind, left behind

Of a lifetime spent together long ago will be gone

[Guitar Solo]

[Guitar Solo]

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 10]

They've been preparing for some weeks now

For when the crucial moment comes

To take their refuge in the shelter

Let them prepare for what will come

[Verse 11]

They make a tea and sit there waiting

They're in the shelter feeling snug

Not long to wait for absolution

Don't make a fuss, just sit and wait

[Refrain]

Can't believe all the lying

All the screens are denying

That the moments of truth have begun

Can't you see it on the TV?

Don't believe them in the least bit

Now the days of our ending have begun

[Verse 12]

Say a prayer when it's all over

Survivors, unite all as one

Got to try and help each other

Got the will to overcome

[Refrain]

I can't believe all the lying

All the screens are denying

That the moments of truth have begun

Can't you see it on the TV?

Don't believe them in the least bit

Now the days of our ending have begun

[Guitar Solo]

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]

When they found them, had their

Arms wrapped around each other

Their tins of poison laying

Nearby their clothes

The day they both mistook

An earthquake for the fallout

Just another when the wild wind blows...