Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes: The Musical Random Encounters

(Hotshot) Walk me through the basics
Give me everything you got
Is it angular? Rectangular?
We only got one shot

(Rookie) It’s a metal plated box
Sixty centimeters long-
(H) Kid, the devil’s in the details
So don’t get the details wrong

(R) There’s a timer in the center
And three buttons to the right
Labeled Echo, Bravo, Tango
With a tiny amber light-

(H) If the Bravo’s in the middle
And the Tango’s to the port
Hold down Echo seven seconds
And then give me a report

(R) Something is wrong and the bomb’s still tickin…
(H) Seems to me like the plot has thickened…
(R) Mission control, I could use a code…
(H) Well, just keep talking and no one will explode!

(R) "Thanks for the encouragement?"
(H) "We're dealing with a boomer here, kid, you wanna die playing pretend, or keeping it real?"
(R) "I don't wanna die period!"
(H) "Great kid! Keep that optimism."