[Intro FX]
[Verse 1: Shadrack Henry]
Now as the greatest war in history came to an end
Another one involving all the world was set to begin
The United States, the USSR, and all of their friends
Would face off against each other like some ice skating men
The former allies who defeated fascists together
Were now involved in the conflict that was cold as the weather
An epic fight between superpowers that wouldn't be done
Until the Soviets ceased to exist in 1991
But going back to 1945 [?]
The two were fine but later that relationship would falter
Harry Truman realized the threat and tried to explain
It was that which brought about the policy of containment
But by 1948, the fate of Europe seemed uncertain
As the east and west were cut off from each other by an iron curtain
Over time the whole planet would be engulfed in the struggle
One that would lead to some additional trouble
[Chorus: ?]
It was a cold, Cold War
Democracy versus communism
That's what I'm talkin' about
Such a cold, Cold War
No Nazis just a lot of friction
For half a century wow
It was a cold, Cold War
Space odysseys and atomic vision
The world's survival in doubt
Such a cold, Cold War
[?]
[Verse 2: Shadrack Henry]
In 1949 Nato was created to keep the communists at bay
And Western Europe insulated
Initially, everything worked it held them back until 1955
That was the year they made the Warsaw Pact
To make things worse the Soviets would build an A-Bomb
Which let the US and themselves to later build an H-Bomb
Powerful weapons which could destroy civilizations
[?]'s mission would later complicate the brittle situation
On October 4th, 1957, and ICMB would push [?] beyond the heavens
Twelve years later, on July 20th, many people tuned in
To watch three Americans walk across the moon and
Hear the famous words that have proven to withstand time
[Neil Armstrong recording]: that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
John F. Kennedy's vision became reality
However, he would lose his life in Dallas tragically
[Chorus: ?]
It was a cold, Cold War
Democracy versus communism
That's what I'm talkin' about
Such a cold, Cold War
No Nazis just a lot of friction
For half a century wow
It was a cold, Cold War
Space odysseys and atomic vision
The world's survival in doubt
Such a cold, Cold War
[?]
[Verse 3: Shadrack Henry]
From 1950, until 1953
The United Nation's did its best to keep Southern Korea free
A little south, the communists in Indo-China led by Ho-Chi Min
Overthrew the French and sought to bind the whole peninsula under one big tent
The US sent troops in to stop it but they couldn't prevent
The North from taking it in 1975
The war in Vietnam cost the US fifty-eight thousand lives
In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis shook the world like an earthquake
I'm telling you this was seismic
The KGB and CIA spied on each other
Sabotaged, aided revolutions, and lied on each other
Yet over the time the freezer would dissipate
Like in 1972, Nixon and Brezhnev agreed to solve
In 1989, down came the Berlin Wall
On November 10th and two years later Soviets would fall
[Chorus: ?]
It was a cold, Cold War
Democracy versus communism
That's what I'm talkin' about
Such a cold, Cold War
No Nazis just a lot of friction
For half a century wow
It was a cold, Cold War
Space odysseys and atomic vision
The world's survival in doubt
Such a cold, Cold War
[?]
[Outro]
Democracy versus communism
(Cold War, Cold War)
No Nazis just a lot of friction
(Cold, War, Cold War)
Space oddyseys and atomic visions