The 3 Dreams Of J. Robert Oppenheimer

A wise man following a star
 in a big gray Cadillac
 drove across the desert
 traced his future in his track
 on to California!
 to the scientific minds
 to the duties of his nation
 and the fate of all mankind
 I dreamed that I saw three men
 standing in front of me
 one held a box of elements
 one held a golden key
 one held the holy sonnets
 and from them he read to me
 "but I am betrothed
 unto your enemy"
 The father moved through the spirit into the son
 He revealed their secrets, one by one
 He warned that someday
 I would wish I never had begun
 "It is truth you are looking for
 but it is fame that you will see
 Oppie's opportunity
 will be crowned in clouds at Trinity
 A scientist following a car of soldiers up a hill
 moved onto a holy place
 and mobilized his will
 to solve the brave new problems
 to make a team like one
 to change a fat boy under guard
 into a thousand suns
 I dreamed that I was falling
 down through the atmosphere
 and from the earth below me
 children's voices I could hear
 "Why have you bestowed upon us such an evil thing?"
 I am an enigma
 a tool for desperate men and kings
 The father moved through the spirit into the son
 He revealed their secrets, one by one
 He warned that someday I would wish
 I never had begun
 "It is truth you are looking for
 but it is fame that you will see
 Oppie's opportunity
 will be crowned in clouds at Trinity."
 Interrogate a hero
 search for secrets in a face
 call a witness to the stand to certify disgrace
 bind a pair of bloody hands
 that sinned against a world
 twist a fevered nation into sheets of faith unfurled
 I dreamed a bridge of voices
 crossed over the abyss
 and like a mighty song
 it rose from off the precipice
 I can prove that there is hope if I try hard enough
 You can praise or damn me
 but dreams are made of this stuff
 The father moved through the spirit into the son
 He revealed their secrets, one by one
 He warned that someday
 I would wish I never had begun
 It was truth I was looking for
 but it is fame that I have seen
 and Oppie's opportunity
 now seems like some bad dream