I knew a man who lived in fear   It was huge, it was angry,   It was drawing near.   Behind his house a secret place   Was the shadow of the demon   He could never face.       He built a wall of steel and flame   And men with guns to keep it tame   Then standing back he made it plain   That the nightmare would never ever rise again   But the fear and the fire and the guns remain.       It doesn't matter now it's over anyhow   He tells the world that it's sleeping   But as the night came round I heard   It slowly sound   It wasn't roaring, it was weeping   It wasn't roaring, it was weeping.       And then one day the neighbors came   They were curious to know about the smoke and flame   They stood around outside the wall   But of course there was nothing to be heard at all   "My friends," he said, "We've reached our goal   The threat is under firm control   As long as peace and order reign   I'll be damned if I can see a reason to explain   Why the fear and the fire and the guns remain."       It doesn't matter now it's over anyhow   He tells the world that it's sleeping   But as the night came round I heard   It slowly sound   It wasn't roaring, it was weeping   It wasn't roaring, it was weeping.       Say ah, say ah, say ah   Say ah, say ah, say ah      [Ladysmith's solo]      It doesn't matter now it's over anyhow   It doesn't matter now it's over anyhow      It doesn't matter now it's over anyhow   He tells the world that it's sleeping   But as the night came round I heard   It slowly sound   It wasn't roaring, it was weeping   It wasn't roaring, it was weeping.      Say ah, say ah, say ah   Say ah, say ah, say ah [to end]