I am a poor farm wife, we live beside the ground
Government [?] showed us [?] from up to down
Now I am driving, my babies don't understand
Forced to move to Moscow, couldn't stay on the land
Oh, Chernobyl, you went and carried on
Oh, Chernobyl, the suffering will evolve
Oh, Chernobyl, the tragedy's just begun
Oh, Chernobyl, when will Russia learn?
Now it's been sixteen years, our grandchildren are defunct
How can we explain to them that there never really was a war?
Didn't make any sense to build the nuclear plant
Mankind must find new ways to avoid building them
Oh, Chernobyl, you went and carried on
Oh, Chernobyl, the suffering will evolve
Oh, Chernobyl, the tragedy's just begun
Oh, Chernobyl, when will Russia learn?