Written by E. Bloom, D. Roeser and J. Shirley

Performed by Blue Oyster Cult



Forgive me if my laughter sounds cracked

Forgive me if I smile badly

It's only that I've run off the track

Derailed by the irony



Forgive me if my laughter sounds cracked

Forgive me if I smile badly

It's only that I've run off the track

Derailed by the irony



Can you hear the hooves, can you hear the riders coming

On presidential roofs listen to the sinister drumming

Can you hear the hooves, can you hear the riders coming

On presidential roofs hear the sinister drumming



They warn of Armageddon, they warn us of apocalypse

The future's as a fool's invention

Of choking skies and computer chips



(There's a nightmare) civilization

(There's a monster) industry



Four horsemen have already arrived

I see them above us, already here

Four horsemen with hooves like knives

I say again, already here



(There's a nightmare) civilization

(There's a monster) industry

(There's a devil) human corruption

(There's a vampire) human greed



Can you hear the hooves, can you hear the riders coming

On presidential roofs listen to the sinister drumming

Can you hear the hooves, can you hear the riders coming

On presidential roofs hear the sinister drumming



(There's a nightmare) civilization

(There's a monster) industry

(There's a devil) human corruption

(There's a vampire) human greed

(There's a nightmare) civilization

(There's a monster) industry

(There's a devil) human corruption

(There's a vampire) human greed