The night is cold, the sun is down   I see faces through the wire   No chance for them   No shoulder left to cry on      It's 4 am out on the street   Through the smoke I see the fire   It's a funeral pyre   For them to die on      Countdown to zero   Just begun   Countdown to zero   It's time to start the run      The city lights are fading now   As I climb into the plane   To shield me from   The stinging acid rain      And this is it, it's over now   As we taxi down Runway One   Tell me please   You'll wake me when it's over      Countdown to zero   Just begun   Countdown to zero   It's time to start the run      Do you realize what's happening in Western Europe?   Norway, Finland, Scotland, England   We'll be the first to go   Don't do it      Countdown to zero   Just begun   Countdown to zero   It's time to start the run      Don't do it   Don't do it   Don't start the countdown to zero   We want to live   We want to live   We will live      You've got your finger on the trigger   Take it off   Let it go   Let it pass   Let it go   Let it go