The living word that Mordechai heard   That rang loud inside his head   Wasn't loud enough to stop the bomb      With repression ringing out again   From South Africa to the shores of this land   That wouldn't stop resistance holding on      Mordechai Vanunu   Said "Israel, don't drop the bomb"   Mordechai Israel      Mordechai Vanunu   Keep your resistance strong   Mordechai Israel      Nuclear research station underground   The written word that Mordechai found   All printed out in black and white      With enough Plutonium to build the bomb   And statements to the contrary not withdrawn   Mordechai took it to the world outside      Mordechai Vanunu   Had his picture printed by the press   And his story told outloud      Mordechai Vanunu   Was exiled in a world of emptiness   Because he told the truth outloud      In England streets of London town   Mordechai went underground   Over fear of threats upon his life      He met a girl called Cindy on the streets of Soho   Seemed so sympathetic, he broke down, let it go   Then he flew with her to Rome      Mordechai Mordechai   Wasn't alone when he discovered that   Cindy worked for the government      Mordechai Mordechai   Was chained up and attacked   By agents of his government      He woke up on a boat   All shot up with dope   Missing, presumed dead, living just inside his head      Until he turned up in Tel Aviv   On matters of state security   In the back of a police van   But he had a message written on the palm of his hand      And it said   Vanunu, Mordechai   Kidnapped from Italy 30-9-86   On flight A504      Mordechai Vanunu   Wore a special helmet when he next appeared in court   Just in case he tried to talk      The living word that Mordechai heard   The living word that Mordechai heard   That rang loud inside his head   Wasn't loud enough      He's in a cell three metres wide   TV cameras on all sides   24 hours of electric light   Nowhere left to hide   Don't give up the fight   Don't give up the fight      Mordechai Vanunu   Said "Israel, don't drop the bomb"   Mordechai Israel      Mordechai Vanunu   Keep your resistance strong   Mordechai Israel