Cold War

During the Cold War

My daddy sat at the kitchen table

Smokin' cigarettes

Starin' out the window

During the Cold war

He had grease on his coveralls

And lines beneath his eyes

Where the bombs had fallen

He'd drink a couple a beer

We'd listen to Johnny Cash on the radio

During the Cold War

We had a one story house

On Mercury and Vine

And the blue glow of the television was on all the time

His head would nod as he'd fall asleep

Upon the kitchen table

My mother would clear the dishes

During the Cold War

We were ten seconds away from blowin' up the world

He'd fix those old machines

And worry 'bout his sons and my mother never drove a car

During the Cold War

And when it finally ended

There was no parade of heroes

There was just a quiet sigh

And life went on

My mother went away

She never came back again

And things were never the same as they were

During the Cold War