They said protect and you'll survive
(but our postman didn't call)
8lbs. of over-pressure wave seemed to glue him to the wall
They said protect and you'll survive
E.M.P. took out the radio (*)
(and our milk-man didn't call)
Flash blinded by the pretty lights
didn't see his bottles fall
or feel the warm black rain arrive
Big friendly cloud builds in the West
(and our dust-men haven't called)
They left the dual carriageway at a hundred miles an hour
a tail wind chasing them away
And in deep shelters lurk below, sub-regional control
who sympathise but cannot help
to mend your body or your soul
Self-appointed guardians of the race with egg upon their face
When steady sirens sing all-clear they pop up
find nobody here
And so I watch two new suns spin
(our paper man doesn't call)
Burnt shadow printed on the road
now there's nothing there at all
They said protect and you'll survive
(but our postman didn't call)
8lbs. of over-pressure wave seemed to glue him to the wall
They said protect and you'll survive
E.M.P. took out the radio (*)
(and our milk-man didn't call)
Flash blinded by the pretty lights
didn't see his bottles fall
or feel the warm black rain arrive
Big friendly cloud builds in the West
(and our dust-men haven't called)
They left the dual carriageway at a hundred miles an hour
a tail wind chasing them away
And in deep shelters lurk below, sub-regional control
who sympathise but cannot help
to mend your body or your soul
Self-appointed guardians of the race with egg upon their face
When steady sirens sing all-clear they pop up
find nobody here
And so I watch two new suns spin
(our paper man doesn't call)
Burnt shadow printed on the road
now there's nothing there at all
They said protect and you'll survive
(*) E.M.P., Electromagnetic pulse. Le radiazioni elettromagnetiche prodotte da un'esplosione (specialmente di un ordigno termonucleare detonato ad alta quota o fuori dall'atmosfera) possono mettere fuori uso le apparecchiature elettriche ed in particolare i trasformatori delle grandi reti di distrubuzione di elettricità ad alto voltaggio.
Contributed by Bartleby - 2012/3/6 - 14:10
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“Protect And Survive” è il nome di una serie di opuscoli, programmi radio e cinegiornali diffusi tra gli anni 70 e 80 dal governo britannico per informare i cittadini sui comportamenti da tenere in caso di attacco nucleare. “Protect And Survive” è in sostanza il corrispondente inglese del programma statunitense noto come “Duck & Cover”… Inutile dire che non una delle istruzioni fornite avrebbe potuto garantire la salvezza di chicchessia nel caso di una vera catastrofe atomica…
Al proposito si veda anche l’omonima Protect And Survive di Iain MacKintosh.