What's the matter with armless?
Take a new step in a new direction
Try not to think of Gorbachev
What's the matter with armless love?
(Armless love? Armless love?)

I take a little walk outside
In a town with Russian bears and beaches
I'm bursting with peace inside
And it's always more than it ever teaches
On the curb I pass a friend of mine
We seem a little older, maybe a little wiser
We laugh that maybe it's this time
The marvelous treaty, the Great Equalizer

Cho. What's the matter with armless?
Take a new step in a new direction
Try not to think ob Gorbachev
What's the matter with shaking-hands affection?
Do you dream about a new day?
You've got to dream about being strong and simple
A billion dollars is a kind thing to pay --
What's the matter with armless love?
(Armless love? Armless love?)

You play it cool and then you call a truce
You want to fight but cold sense knows
You tell yourself that bomb's a Mega-noose
But ain't it funny how good sense shows
You how to tell a joke in troubled times
Outside your office you stand on a tank
You'd save a ruble just to get some dimes
A billion dollars is a lot of thanks

Chorus

Break a warhead for softness
Break a warhead for friends 'til they come through
Break a warhead for former Reds
Break a warhead for Bill and you
'Cause there's a reason we've come here
Are we holding back or are we willing for connection?
While knowing what we hold most dear
Must eventually surrended, or be called defection.

Chorus

Written 1993 by Gerald L. Bliss.

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