We've lived around here most all of our lives
   Did most anything we wanted to do
   We will celebrate every 4th of July
   Just a little tamer than most of the rest of us do
  
   Don't light a match, don't play with fire
   Pull down easy on the gas lighter
   There's a shelter down at the veteran's hall
   Living in the shadow of the hot house ball
  
   We can dance in the streets any night or day
   The big ball men built such a nice old park
   One day we'll celebrate every halloween
   Our faces as masks everyone glow in the dark
  
   Don't light a match, don't play with fire
   Step real lightly round the barb wire
   Keep the noise down to hear the meltdown call
   Living in the shadow of the hot house ball
  
   Temper's hot, better pray for rain
   Better watch out now for the gamma rays
   Party time at the government gate
  
   Don't light a match, don't play with fire
   Pull down easy on the gas lighter
   There's a shelter down at the veteran's hall
   Living in the shadow of the hot house ball