A bomb went off this morningâraining bodies on TV They are blaming the insurgents, they are blocking off the streets And the smoke is rising slowly, from the barrel of a gun The solution to disruptionâOrder 1081
Now the sunsets are incredible across Manila Bay You can hear the bombers landing at the U.S. Air Force base And somewhere in the distance, out beyond the setting sun They will sign a proclamationâOrder 1081
Now we live down by the water in a shack thatâs made of wood And the bankers need to huddleâso they need some extra room We will find us somewhere better, thereâs enough for everyone Got a perfect explanationâOrder 1081
I thought I ordered coffee but they gave me 7Up Got to clear away these shanties and these ugly nipa huts So the seeds of our great future, they can grow here when weâre done And itâs clearly all because of Order 1081
For thirty days the rain fell, we were nearly washed away The radio fell silent, nothing left to do but pray And the senator he told us the guerrillas are on the run And the reason they are hiding?âOrder 1081
They are planting plastic flowers on the seaside esplanade The Pope is speaking Spanish but we canât hear what he says Got to stop all this confusion, got to wipe away this scum And the way to make it happenâOrder 1081
Itâs amazing that the soldiers somehow all know how to dance Itâs amazing how the soldiers keep the creases in their pants Now itâs safe to walk the streets at nightâa new world has begun Evârybodyâs sleeping soundlyâthanks to 1081