8.6

[Chorus]

On that day was the sky blue

Many men didn't know it coming

Few men knew that the day don't clear

Many have melted away

[Verse 1]

The city destroyed by a little mass of iron

On that day, earth burnt to the ground

The scorching sun, fighter planes high in the sky

Screams in a mushroom

[Bridge]

Nevertheless

The people lived through

The city crept up

The city lived through

[Chorus]

On that day was the sky blue

Many men didn't know it coming

Few men knew that the day don't clear

Many have melted away

[Verse 2]

The number 8.6 is stamped in the city

I want no more numbers fixed again

A mountain of black stiffs; nightmarish truth

I don't want it happening

[Bridge]

Nevertheless

The people lived through

The city crept up

The city lived through

[Verse 3]

I'm proud I was born there

I'm proud I was brought up there

See, I like the peace and quiet of the town

Love the peace and quiet [of] the town

[Chorus]

On that day was the sky blue

Many men didn't know it coming

Few men knew that the day don't clear

Many have melted away