I knew a man who lived in fear It was huge, it was angry, it was drawing near Behind his house, a secret place Was the shadow of a demon he could never face He built a wall of steel and flame And men with guns to keep it tame And standing back, he made it plain That the nightmare would never ever rise again But the fear and the fire and the guns remained It doesn't matter now, it's over anyhow He tells the world that it's sleeping But as the night came round, I heard it slowly sound It was roaring, it was sweeping It was roaring, it was sweeping And then one day, the neighbors came They were curious to know about the smoke and flame They stood around outside the wall But of course, there was nothing to be heard at all My friends, he said, we've reached our goal The threat is under firm control As long as peace and order reign I'll be damned if I can see a reason to explain Why the fear and the fire and the guns remain It doesn't matter now, it's over anyhow He tells the world that it's sleeping But as the night came round, I heard it slowly sound It was roaring, it was sweeping It was roaring, it was sweeping Say ah, say ah, say ah Say ah, say ah, say ah It doesn't matter now, it's over anyhow It doesn't matter now, it's over anyhow It doesn't matter now, it's over anyhow He tells the world that it's sleeping But as the night came round, I heard it slowly sound It was roaring, it was sweeping It was roaring, it was sweeping Say ah, say ah, say ah Say ah, say ah, say ah Say ah, say ah, say ah Say ah, say ah, say ah Say ah, say, ah Say ah, say, ah Say ah, say, ah