Party at ground zero
A "B" movie starring you
And the world will turn to flowing
Pink vapor stew

Please do not fear 'cause Fishbone is here to say (say what?)
Just have a good time, the stop sign is far away
The toilet has flushed and green lights are a ghost
And drop drills will be extinct
Speed Racer cloud has come
They know not what they've done
Sin has just won
And the Earth is a crumb

Johnny, go get your gun, for the commies are in our hemisphere today
Ivan, go fly your MiG, for the Yankee imperialists have come to play
Johnny goes to Sally's house to kiss her goodbye
But Daddy says to spend the night
They make love 'till the early morning light
For tomorrow Johnny goes to fight
Johnny, Ivan, Ian, everybody come along for our nations need new heroes
Time to sing a new war song

Party at ground zero
A "B" movie starring you
And the world will turn to flowing
Pink vapor stew

Please do not fear 'cause Fishbone is here to say (say what?)
Just have a good time, the stop sign is far away
The toilet has flushed and green lights are a ghost
And drop drills will be extinct
Speed Racer cloud has come
They know not what they've done
Sin has just won
And the Earth is a crumb

Party at ground zero
A "B" movie starring you
And the world will turn to flowing
Pink vapor stew

Party at ground zero
A "B" movie starring you
And the world will turn to flowing
Pink vapor stew

"This is not a chawade!"

Party at ground zero
A "B" movie starring you
And the world will turn to flowing
Pink vapor stew

"This is not a chawade!"

Party at ground zero
A "B" movie starring you
And the world will turn to flowing
Pink vapor stew

"This is not a chawade!"
"This is not a chawade!"
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Lyrics submitted by Yoshiidino, edited by JohnnyLurg

Party at Ground Zero Lyrics as written by John Norwood Fisher Angelo Christopher Moore

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  • +1
    General Comment

    Hells yeah, Fishbone are fucking gods.

    And this is their anthem :D

    Faaip De Oiadon January 04, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Pink vapor stew??? Excellent song.

    monster36604on January 26, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    This is a Cold War song. Before "Ground Zero" referred to the World Trade Center ruins, it meant a potential apocalypse that would be caused by either America or the USSR (also see "Christmas at Ground Zero" by Weird Al Yankovic). "Johnny" in this song means an American soldier, while "Ivan" (which is Russian for John) is a Soviet soldier.

    JohnnyLurgon January 19, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    There's a cool video for the song based on Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque Of The Red Death (except instead of the red death, the mask reveals nuclear war).

    Also, the instrumental part at the beginning seems to be based on music from the opera Carmen. Very cool.

    Thunderbolton February 01, 2014   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    The war song of war songs while still being incredibly hyper

    I agree with everything they say, our world needs new people to look to, not the same old trigger-happy, power-corrupted "peacemakers"

    swim_lil_fishieon May 15, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    @Monster - Pink Vapour stew = a giant pool of blood.

    Agree with Swim, a great War song, with the message of we need peace, not War, to help the World.

    neekappaon September 28, 2010   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning

    Anti-Nuclear War.

    A major topic and concern in the 80's was the threat of nuclear war.

    "Our Nations need new heroes"... ...politics is corrupt in general. It was then, it is now. This line is even more relevant now with social media and celebrity obsession. We need new heroes . A powerful lyric.

    musicsuperhero1on July 26, 2022   Link

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