They're rioting in Africa

They're starving in Spain

There's hurricanes in Florida

And Texas needs rain

The whole world is festering with unhappy souls

The French hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles

Italians hate Yugoslavs, South Africans hate the Dutch

And I don't like anybody very much

But we can be tranquil and thankful and proud

For man's been endowed with a mushroom-shaped cloud

And we know for certain that some lovely day

Someone will set the spark off and we will all be blown away

They're rioting in Africa

There's strife in Iran

What nature doesn't do to us

Will be done by our fellow man

They're starving in Africa

They're rioting in Spain

There's hurricanes in New Orleans

And Bangladesh needs rain

The whole world is festering with unhappy souls

Algerians hate the French, the French hate the Poles

Croatians hate Serbians, Islamists hate the Dutch

And I don't like anybody very much

But we can be tranquil and thankful and proud

For man's been endowed with a mushroom-shaped cloud

And we know for certain that some lovely day

Someone will set the spark off and we will all be blown away

They're starving in Africa

There's strife in Iran

What nature doesn't do to us

Will be done by our fellow man