The Best Possible World

A C#m E A A E E B A E A Oh, it's not a perfect world Anyone can plainly see E B Pick up a newspaper Turn on the T.V. A E A Was a war out in the desert Got riots in the streets E B E Got mothers living in cardboard boxes Their kids with nothing to eat A C#m E A This must be the best possible world Cause it bore you E A B Evolved from the dust And formed of nature's Holy Rules A C#m E A This must be the best possible world Cause there you are E A E Shining like a diamond Burning like a star A E A Oh, the lion kills the lamb And the hunter kills the lion E B Death takes the hunter And returns him to the ground A E A Sometimes I just don't know What it all means And then I see your pretty face E B E See our two young children Carrying on the race A C#m E A This must be the best possible world Just the way it is E B With its war and poverty Agony and bliss A E A It must be the best possible world Cause here we are all E A E Shining like diamonds Burning like stars Piano Solo A E A E B A E A E B E A E A Some say heaven's a place so far away Can't get there until you die E B But I think heaven's going on right here And that we're all divine A E A Sometimes when we're at bed at night I'll hold you tight E B E And listen to your steady breathing As I wait for first light A C#m E A This must be the best possible world Cause here we all are E B You and the kids sleeping like angels But there's demons in the yard A E A But me I'll hold watch every night a footsoldier in the moonlight E A E So far fortune's smiled on us And everything's all right A C#m E A A E E B