God is great

God is good

 

He guards your neighborhood

 

Though it's generally understood

 

Not quite the way you would

 

You try to take the slack

 

Stay awake and watch his back

 

But something happens every now and then

 

And someone breaks into the promised land

 

Ah boy boy

 

This world is not your toy

 

This world is long on hunger

This world is short on joy

 

A E I O

 

You speak as if you know

 

What's good for everyone

 

What's good in what you've done

 

What's good about a world in which

 

War rages at a fever pitch

 

And people die for the little things

 

A little corn

A little beans

Ah boy boy

 

This world is not your toy

 

This world is

 

This world is

 

Long on hunger

 

Short on joy

 

How much longer

You gonna keep the world hungry boy

 

Ah boy

 

You measure peace with guns

 

Progress in mega tons

 

Who's left when the war is won

 

Soldier of misfortune

 

Soldier of an angry call

 

Soldier on foreign soil

 

I'm not here to fight your war

 

I know what you're fighting for

Ah boy boy

 

This world is not your toy

 

This world is

 

This world is

 

Long on hunger

 

Short on joy

 

How much longer

You gonna keep the world hungry boy

 

Ah boy