All the people on the village green
Have gathered round their tv screens
To hear the government about speak
For solider boys and Jesus freaks
They go on heaven on their holidays
The congregation hopes and prays
They leave their letters in the mail box
For lonely souls they could not save

Off and on I used hear the call
When she was just a baby doll
And all around them were the holy men
Will twist the word of way back when
She will kiss the sky and shelter all the world from the rain
Put on a record on the jukebox
And she might dance the night away

On and on we go
But the restless world outside
May soon explode
And there's no place we might hide?

On and on we go
But the rest of the world outside
May soon explode
And there is no place we might hide?
And on and on we go 'til we kiss this world goodbye?
On and on and on and on…

All the people on the village green
Have gathered round their tv screens
To hear the government about speak
About solider boys and Jesus freaks