I have walked on swollen pavement
Fought the wind and called that justice
I have shouted at men no more guilty
Then myself in this endless story

Shame, shame

We have made Hiroshima mainstream
We have made the soundtrack of our lives
We know zeroes, we don't know names
We have made Hiroshima into a new verb
A new verb

Somewhere in Baghdad, a boy lays crying
Thanks to his liberation, he lays there dying
In New York City, a knock on the door
A man with a telegram regrets to inform...

Shame, shame

We have made Hiroshima mainstream
We have made the soundtrack of our lives
We know zeroes, we don't know names
We have made Hiroshima into a new verb
A new verb

So many broken bones, so many broken ties
Trying to find the truth in your society that lies
CNN said so, it must be true
The Battle for Baghdad or Dien Bien Phu?

Shame, shame

We have made Hiroshima mainstream
We have made the soundtrack of our lives
We know zeroes, we don't know names
We have made Hiroshima into a new verb
A new verb

A good life, a better job
The best her mind can honor her God
The storm over Baghdad brings everything but rain
You can't keep the peace at the end of an M-16

Shame, shame

We have made Hiroshima mainstream
We have made the soundtrack of our lives
We know zeroes, we don't know names
We have made Hiroshima into a new verb
Mogadishu into a new verb
Sarajevo into a new verb
Chechnya into a new verb
Dresden into a new verb
Manhattan into a new verb

Shame, shame