and the band played on as the helicopters whirred drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn my senses finely blurred he was a rock to the end a solid reminder couldn t deny a friend peekin up the skirt of the end and we d drink two gnarly dudes and some records much like plates of black food stood on the roof in the nude and the band played on as the helicopters whirred drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn my senses finely blurred between pulls he said we re like cows in the grass brushing off flies til we no longer opened our eyes and we d drink ever notice how drinking s like war cup o troops o er the gums armed with bourbons and scotches and rums and the band played on as the helicopters whirred drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn my senses finely blurred think of bombs we re poised on the edge of disaster whether it s right or it s wrong sang a few bars of some pretty old song  irene goodnight irene goodnight goodnight irene goodnight irene i ll see you in my dreams oh to dream those impotent bones of extinction flying graceful and free till he s finally beaten his me and the band played on as the helicopters whirred drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn my senses finely blurred till the end he passed out on the sundeck that morning quietly saying goodbye told him he couldn t just die he was a rock went straight for his own armageddon face froze in a grin can t really call that a loss or a win and the band played on as the helicopters whirred drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn my senses finely blurred from the liner 