The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Oh Mrs. O
Will you tell us where the naughty children go
Will you show
How the sky turned white and everybody froze
Heaven knows how they got into the fireplace
But everybody's saying grace
And trying to keep a happy face
And oh Mrs. O
Can you teach us how to keep from getting cold
Out we go and you watch us as we face the falling snow
What a show with our hairdryers aimed heavenwards
And fifty foot extension cords
You really have a way with words
The truth can't save you now
The sky is falling down
Watch the vultures count the hours
April trains may bring strange showers
And oh Mrs. O
Will you tell about the time they made you go
All alone to the palace where they took your only clothes
We all know
There's no hell and no hiroshima
Chernobyl was a cover up
The world is really all in love
Oh Mrs O
Will you leave us hanging now that we are grown
Up and old
Will you kill me if I say I told you so
We all know
Ther'es no hitler and no holocaust
No winter and no santa clause
And yes virginia all because
The truth can't save you now
The sky is falling down
Eveything they ever told us
Shakes our faith and breaks their promise
But you can stop the truth from leaking
If you never stop believing
Will you tell us where the naughty children go
Will you show
How the sky turned white and everybody froze
Heaven knows how they got into the fireplace
But everybody's saying grace
And trying to keep a happy face
And oh Mrs. O
Can you teach us how to keep from getting cold
Out we go and you watch us as we face the falling snow
What a show with our hairdryers aimed heavenwards
And fifty foot extension cords
You really have a way with words
The truth can't save you now
The sky is falling down
Watch the vultures count the hours
April trains may bring strange showers
And oh Mrs. O
Will you tell about the time they made you go
All alone to the palace where they took your only clothes
We all know
There's no hell and no hiroshima
Chernobyl was a cover up
The world is really all in love
Oh Mrs O
Will you leave us hanging now that we are grown
Up and old
Will you kill me if I say I told you so
We all know
Ther'es no hitler and no holocaust
No winter and no santa clause
And yes virginia all because
The truth can't save you now
The sky is falling down
Eveything they ever told us
Shakes our faith and breaks their promise
But you can stop the truth from leaking
If you never stop believing
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It's weird reading the other interpretatons because I got someting totally different from it. I had assumed it was something to do with Robert Oppenhiemer being the creator of the nuclear bomb.
How the sky turned white and everybody froze (the explosion) Can you teach us how to keep from getting cold Out we go and you watch us as we face the falling snow (i.e. fallout after the blast) What a show with our hairdryers aimed heavenwards And fifty foot extension cords ((i.e. later use of nuclear power to use these items)
The sky is falling down Watch the vultures count the hours (again - the fallout from a nuclear attack)
There's no hell and no hiroshima Chernobyl was a cover up (both nuclear related moments)
April trains may bring strange showers (toxic rain as happened after Chernobyl)
maybe I'm wrong on this but only Amanda Palmer knows I guess... makes a lot of sense to me!
Also, Oppenheimer's wife was German and her father who moved to the US in the early part of the century, invented a new version of blast furnace, and sent her to Germany in the 1930s to study, but on Wiki at least they say there's no evidence she actually pursued her studies....<br /> <br /> To me it aligned with the lines in the song:<br /> <br /> Will you tell us where the naughty children go<br /> Heaven knows how they got into the fireplace<br /> April trains may bring strange showers<br /> Will you tell about the time they made you go<br /> All alone to the palace where they took your only clothes<br /> There's no hitler and no holocaust<br /> <br /> I'm getting into conspiracy theory territory there maybe (I hope not though) so sorry but it's just how I interpreted it and what I thought it was about for several years. I'm going to think about the explanations given already and see if that makes more sense!