What's happening in the world today
People do not care
When you ask them they only say
That they do not care

The people, the people, the people yeah
We got to live together
The people, the people, the people yeah
We got to work together

A woman await her man from the war
She forget what he's fighting for
Been so long, she start to regret
The way they cheered them when they left

The people, the people, the people yeah
We got to live together
The people, the people, the people yeah
We got to work together

She don't want him back in a wooden case
She don't want no medal, just to see his face
If he come back now, she would never again
Let him put his trust in the recruiting machine

The people, the people, the people yeah
We got to live together
The people, the people, the people yeah
We got to work together