I guess I’m sad at the things I see around me
I guess I hoped things would be better here
All the hardship that exists does astound me
All the people that do live in fear

Of all the talents that you have at your disposal
What do you choose to do with them?
You seem more interested in reprisal
Doing down your fellow men

You can’t share, you can’t be fair
You can’t do it like I told you to
You can’t be good, you know you should
You know I shouldn’t have to scold you
Oh no...

Why do you have to fight all the time?
Don’t you know that it is such a waste?
What is wrong with you, it's such a crime?
Don't you know that it's such bad taste?

You spend so much on ways to kill each other
Just think of all that you could achieve
If you could think of everyman as your brother
If in truth you could just believe

Why can't you share, why not be fair
Why not do it like I told you to?
Why not be good, you know you should
You know I shouldn’t have to scold you?
Oh no...

It is made plain to you, what it is you have to do
How it is you have to be, how it is the world to see
What it is that must be done, what it is to overcome
To get away from this decay, to undertake a better way, for all

Why don’t you build and help one another?
Make this world into a better place
Make me proud of the people I belong to
Make me proud of this human race

There is no need for anyone to go without
And up above we look after everyone
That's how it's meant to be, that's what it’s all about
This is the lesson here, that must be done

You can share, you can be fair
You can do it like I told you to
You can be good, you know you should
You know I shouldn't have to scold you
You can share, you can be fair
You can do it like I told you to
You can be good, you know you should
You know I shouldn't have to scold you
Oh no...