What's the matter with armless?
Take a new step in a new direction
Try not to think of Gorbachev
What's the matter with armless love?
(Armless love? Armless love?)

I take a little walk outside
In a town with Russian bears and beaches
I'm bursting with peace inside
And it's always more than it ever teaches
On the curb I pass a friend of mine
We seem a little older, maybe a little wiser
We laugh that maybe it's this time
The marvelous treaty, the Great Equalizer

Cho. What's the matter with armless?
Take a new step in a new direction
Try not to think ob Gorbachev
What's the matter with shaking-hands affection?
Do you dream about a new day?
You've got to dream about being strong and simple
A billion dollars is a kind thing to pay --
What's the matter with armless love?
(Armless love? Armless love?)

You play it cool and then you call a truce
You want to fight but cold sense knows
You tell yourself that bomb's a Mega-noose
But ain't it funny how good sense shows
You how to tell a joke in troubled times
Outside your office you stand on a tank
You'd save a ruble just to get some dimes
A billion dollars is a lot of thanks

Chorus

Break a warhead for softness
Break a warhead for friends 'til they come through
Break a warhead for former Reds
Break a warhead for Bill and you
'Cause there's a reason we've come here
Are we holding back or are we willing for connection?
While knowing what we hold most dear
Must eventually surrended, or be called defection.

Chorus

copyright ©1993 by Gerald L. Bliss. Usual disclaimer applies.