World Citizen

Am D7 There goes one baby's life, It's such a small amount F G She's un-American, I guess it doesn't count. Am D7 Six thousand children's lives, Were simply thrown away F G Lost without medicine, Inside of thirty days. Am D7 In the New York harbour, Where the stock's withheld F G It was the price we paid, For a safer world Am D7 World is suffering, World is suffering F G World is suffering, World citizen Am D7 In Madhya Pradesh, Where they're building dams F G They're displacing native people, From their homes and lands Am D7 So they hunger strike, Cos they believe they count F G To lose a single life, Is such a small amount Am D7 In the name of progress, And democracy F G The concepts represented, In name only Am D7 His world is suffering, Her world is suffering F G Their world is suffering, World citizen, World citizen Am D7 And the buildings fall, In a cloud of dust F G And we ask ourselves, How could they hate us? Am D7 Well, when we live in, Ignorance and luxury F G While our super powers practice, Puppet mastery Am D7 We raise the men, Who run the fascist states F G And we sell them arms, So they maintain their place Am D7 We turn our backs, On the things they done F G Their human rights record, And the guns they run Am D7 His world is suffering, Her world is suffering F G Their world is suffering, World citizen Am D7 My world is suffering, Your world is suffering F G Our world is suffering, World citizen Am D7 Who'll do away with flags?, Who'll do us proud? F G Remove the money from their pockets, Scream dissent out loud? Am D7 Cos God ain't on our side, The shoe won't fit F G And though they think the war is won, That's not the last of it Am D7 Disenfranchised people, Need their voices heard F G And if no one stops to listen, Lose their faith in words Am D7 And violence rises, When all hope is lost F G Who'll embrace the human spirit, And absorb the cost? Am D7 Not one life is taken, F G In my name, In my name Am D7 His world is suffering, Her world is suffering F G Their world is suffering, World citizen Am D7 My world is suffering, Your world is suffering F G Our world is suffering, World citizen Am D7 Not one life is taken F G In my name, In my name