Take all the metal and wood

Used in the waging of war

Teach the men that make those weapons

To build shelter for the poor.

Take all the money we spend

On the way that we appear

Find the ones that die of hunger

Help them see another year.

Before we fade away

Let's make a better day

This world will keep on turning after we are gone, long gone.

There was a forest I loved

Where the air was fresh and clean

We took the forest for a factory

So we could build some more machines.

When I was young I learned to sing

And music blossomed in my soul

We took the music from the schools

And left the darkest gaping hole.

Where will our children be?

If they don't learn to sing

Millions of voices falling silent 'til there gone.

When we were young, all the world was new

But soon we found, that childhood fairytales were never true

And how the story ends depends on you... and me.

Where will our children be?

If they don't learn to sing

Millions of voices falling silent 'til there gone.

Before we fade away

Let's make a better day

This world will keep on turning after we are gone

Where will our children be?

What will we choose to leave?

This world will keep on turning after we are gone, long gone.