Kids in the schoolyard, cows in the field

In a Pennsylvania town it's another day

But at Three Mile Island something was wrong

In the power plant not two miles away

A valve jammed open and the holding tanks blew

And the leak spread for miles around.

With a bubble of hydrogen trapped under the dome

That plant damn near melted down.

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Three Mile Island blew down their lies

Next time it happens how many will die?

Got our eyes on the future, got our feet on the ground

Gonna shut down the nukes, shut 'em down

Shut down the nukes, shut 'em down.

Metro Edison said one thing, the feds the reverse

The TV and press had their fun

Out of all the confusion just one thing came through

No one knew what the hell was going on.

Evacuation would have ended the game

So they said there was no reason to go

But they didn't say too much about the workers at the plant

Who as always caught the brunt of the blow.

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The sun it shines, the wind it blows

There's a thousand different ways to save fuel

So when some corporation tells me we got no choice

They might as well be calling me a fool.

They say the system worked and no one was killed

They say they'll make 'em safer than before

But they're gambling with our children and they're gambling with the world

And their money don't seem worth dying for.

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