I hear the sound of distant thunder, echo all around  I see the tragedy of young ones lying on the ground  I see the fathers' sons and daughters, I hear the mothers crying  Nothing left for me to do, but whisper a prayer for the dying  Oh, a prayer for the dying  The suffocating heat of jungles, and burning desert sands  Where everything reminds you, you're a stranger in a strange land  The soothing words of politicians, those bodyguards of lies  While guardian angels waste their time and every mother cries  Oh, a prayer for the dying, dying, dying  Machine gun, battle cry, you pray to God when the bullets fly  The bombs fall like black rain, an' all your dreams take you home again  Nothing but bad dreams  You can't read, you can't write, you're so scared, you can't sleep at night  You try to carry the heavy load, walking down Armageddon road  Oh Armageddon road  (Solo)  I hear the sound of distant thunder, echo all around  I see the tragedy of young ones lying on the ground  I see the fathers' sons and daughters, I hear the mothers crying  Nothing left for me to do, but whisper a prayer for the dying  Oh, a prayer for the dying, dying  Oh, a prayer for the dying, baby, baby  Oh, a prayer for the dying, dying, whisper a prayer for the dying  You can't run, you can't hide, you can't show what you feel inside  You're going crazy, going insane, you know you'll never be the same again  No, no  Whisper a prayer for the dying, dying, dying, dying, dying, no, no  Armageddon road, Armageddon road, I'm walking down Armageddon road  --------------------------------------------------------------------------