Every second that passed by   Someone is born and someone dies   Somebody tells the truth, somebody lies   Different attitudes and soon to build the cruise   No-one will win and all will lose   You haven't got a choice, you cannot choose -- choose    Our world is on the verge of closing down   And now we frown   Goodbye my home, farewell my town   The arms race is getting stronger   Governments threaten our chances of living longer   Mass demonstrations show how we feel   Will our sorrow ever heal   The thoughts of a perfect world are so unreal -- unreal    Giving amere pittance to live on   They say they can't afford no more   What about the millions spent on bombs mindless bombs   They say we've got it all wrong   And the dole queues they have grown   We're working for a cause and soon comes 1984    A nuclear holocaust must be stopped   At any cost many, lives will be lost   They haven't got a care their minds are engrossed in their little war games   Stopping their ploy is our only aim   With our lives they toy   And still they plan to destroy -- destroy    A nuclear holocaust must be stopped   At any cost, many lives will be lost   They haven't got a care their minds are engrossed in their little war games   Stopping their ploy is our only aim   With our lives they toy   And still they plan to destroy    The end of the defence of the realm