Contaminated fish and micro chips
  Huge supertankers on Arabian trips
  Oily propaganda from the leader's lips
  All about the future
  There's people over here, people over there
  Everybody's looking for a little more air
  Crossing all the borders just to take their share
  Planning for the future
  Refrain:
  And we're so abused, and we're so confused
  It's easy to believe that someone's gonna light the fuse
  Can't happen here, can't happen here
  All that you fear they're telling you, can't happen here
  Supersonic planes for a holiday boom
  Rio de Janeiro in an afternoon
  People out of work but there's people on the moon
  Looking for the future
  Concrete racetracks nationwide
  Juggernauts carving up the countryside
  Cars by the million on a one way ride
  Using up the future
  Refrain
  Satellites sprying for the CIA
  The KGB and the man in grey
  Wonder if I'm gonna see another day
  Somewhere in the future
  We got everything we need for a peaceful time
  Take what you want but you can't take mine
  Everybody's living on the Siegfried Line
  Worried about the future
  And we're so abused, and we're so confused
  It's so easy to believe someone's gonna light it
  Easy to believe someone's gonna light the fuse
  Can't happen here, can't happen here
  All that you fear they're telling you, can't
  Happen here, can it?