What's This World Coming To?
I Really Want to Know- Lyrics
What’s this world coming to?
I really want to know.
Rain when there should be snow,
War when there should be peace,
Children living in the street,
No coat or shoes on tiny feet,
Mothers crying tears of sorrow,
Fathers thinking no tomorrow,
Rockets falling left and right,
No end, no end in sight.
Why can’t we live in peace?
Carpet bombing needs to cease.
Armies should be planting flowers,
Shaking hands, using power
To build things up, not to destroy
To go home to loved ones, not deploy.
Who can change the world?
Lay down the standards now unfurled,
Let boys be boys and girls be girls
Not growing up with bombs being hurled
at the homes that they lived in.
What is wrong with the world?
About the Creator
Natalie Wilkinson
Writing. Woven and Printed Textile Design. Architectural Drafting. Learning Japanese. Gardening. Not necessarily in that order.
IG: @maisonette _textiles
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Hear hear 👏👏