Lonely in the stratosphere Lonely on the high plateau Sinking low from mental heights Down down to see the sights Lonely glacial line brigade Lonely heavy head cascade Sliding down to normal size Down down the lucent sides Ice age, ice age White, white, blinding rays Welcoming a new ice age Frozen on the tundra trail Freezing on the ground patrol Sledding off the mountainside Down down to the changing tide Minus on the radar range Minus on the centigrade Not a sign of animal life Not a sign of all mankind Ice age, ice age White, white, blinding rays Welcoming a new ice age Living at the arctic line Paid for months of idle time We learned about it much too late Men who still did not believe Thought we would watch for anything Suddenly it's freezing me Numbing me, shimmering Impossible, then probable Charted out We watch it grow Lovely how the evenings fall Lovely in the winter pall And so we watch the spreading flow Down down to the world below Waiting for an only plane Waiting out our ending reign Gearing up for shorter days Far across the frozen straits Ice age, ice age White, white, blinding rays Welcoming a new ice age