Did you see the frightened ones? Did you hear the falling bombs? Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky?

Pink Floyd

Goodbye Blue Sky

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World War II

Speaker

Pink Floyd

Source

Goodbye Blue Sky

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Rock band

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Waters, Roger. "Goodbye Blue Sky." Performed by Pink Floyd. The Wall. Harvest Records/Columbia Records, 1979.

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