Yeah most everybody's doin' too much fightin'
And there's not enough singing going on
How many people have you ever seen fightin'
While they were singin' a song

Come on and sing boy sing girl sing me a happy song
Come on and sing boy sing girl this old world may not last long

Yeah most everybody's mistreatin' one another
Just fight a personal game
But that wouldn't happen to the sisters and the brothers
When they hold back their heads and sing

Come on and sing boy sing girl...

Yeah now most everybody's doin' too much talking
Talking it and just get mad
So if all that talking's gonna make you unhappy
Why don't just sing and be glad

Come on and sing boy sing girl...
Yeah this old world may not last long
Let me hear ye this old world may not last long
Oh this old world may not last long