Every second that pa**ed by Someone is born and someone dies Somebody tells the truth, somebody lies Different attitudes and soon to build the cruise No-one will win and all will lose You haven't got a choice, you cannot choose -- choose Our world is on the verge of closing down And now we frown Goodbye my home, farewell my town The arms race is getting stronger Governments threaten our chances of living longer Ma** demonstrations show how we feel Will our sorrow ever heal The thoughts of a perfect world are so unreal -- unreal Giving amere pittance to live on They say they can't afford no more What about the millions spent on bombs mindless bombs They say we've got it all wrong And the dole queues they have grown We're working for a cause and soon comes 1984 A nuclear holocaust must be stopped At any cost many, lives will be lost They haven't got a care their minds are engrossed in their little war games Stopping their ploy is our only aim With our lives they toy And still they plan to destroy -- destroy A nuclear holocaust must be stopped At any cost, many lives will be lost They haven't got a care their minds are engrossed in their little war games Stopping their ploy is our only aim With our lives they toy And still they plan to destroy The end of the defence of the realm