[Verse 1]
In fifty-seven, the shield was signed,
No fault to find, no ties to bind.
Price-Anderson gave room to grow,
The atom sold with “peace” in tow.

The I.A.E.A rose to fame,
A treaty built for global claim.
Nothing slowed the nuclear train.

[Verse 2]
JFK saw the risk ahead,
Warned of waste that never ends.
He called for checks at Dimona’s site,
Pushed the ban on tests in air.

But builds were fixed, the funding laid,
Too far along to be remade.
He held his ground; they passed him by.

[Chorus]
JFK got in the way,
Nuclear industry can't delay.
No term could steer, no rule could stall
It rolled ahead, it rolled through all.

Nineteen-fifty-seven cleared the way,
JFK got in the way.

[Bridge]
JFK was blown away,
The nuclear industry had ground to gain.
With nothing left to slow its climb,
It built a world where Fukushima was fine

[Chorus]
JFK got in the way,
Nuclear industry can't delay.
No term could steer, no rule could stall
It rolled ahead, it rolled through all.

Nineteen-fifty-seven cleared the way,
JFK got in the way