I am the man, the well-fed man, in charge of the 
terrible knob,
The most pleasing thing about it, it's almost a 
permanent job,
When the atom war is over, and the world is split 
in three, 
A consolation I got, well maybe it's not, there'll be 
nobody left but me.

I sit at my desk in Washington in charge of this great 
machine
More vicious than Adolf Hitler, more deadly than 
strichnine
And in the evening after a tiring day just to give 
myself a laugh
I hit the button a playful belt and I listen for the 
blast

If Breshniev starts his nonsense, and makes a nasty 
spell
With a wink and a nod from Nixon, I'll blast them all 
to hell
And as for that Fidel Castro, him with the sugar cane,
He needn't hide behind his whiskers, I'll get him just 
the same. 

If my wife denies me conjugular rights or my breakfast 
milk is sour
From eight to nine in the morning you're in for a 
nervous hour, 
The button being so terribly close it's really a 
dreadful joke
Abut with my arse, as I go past, and we'll all go up in 
smoke. 

Now I'm thinking of joining the army, the army that 
bans the bomb
We'll take up a large collection, and I'll donate my 
thumb,
For without it, I am helpless, and that's the way to be
You don't have to kill the whole bloody lot to make the 
people free.