EVERY NOW AND THEN - IVE GOT TO THINK AGAIN OF TIMES WHEN LIFE WAS EASY LIKE A GAME EVERA NOW AND THEN - WITH NOTHING MUCH LEFT TO RETAIN I KNOW THAT IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME - NEVERMORE THE SAME SINCE IT BURNED, BURNED DOWN AND NEVER STOPPED BACK THEN IN APRIL 19866 STILL IT BURNS, HOW WILL IT EVER STOP IF ALL OUR HOUSE IS BUILT OF NUCLEAR BRICKS EVERY NOW AND THEN - I FEEL IT AGAIN MY EYES LOOK DOWN SO PARALIZED WITH SHAME EVERY NOW AND THEN - SOME TEARS OF FEAR I can't RESTAIN COULD WE HAVE ALREADY LOST THE GAME? CAUSE IT BURNED, BURNED DOWN AND NEVER STOPPED BACK THEN IN APRIL 1986 STILL IT BURNS, HOW WILL WE EVER STOP OUR BOAT that's DRIFTIN DOWNSTREAM ON THE STYX AND IT BURNED BURNED DOWN AND NEVER STOPPED BACK THEN IN APRIL 1986 STILL IT BURNS HOW WILL IT EVER STOP IF WE IGNORE THE BOMBS INCREASIN TICK