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Wonderful World
Peggy Seeger
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Adam and Eve were given two leaves
And kicked out of the garden
Their only crime when it came to the crunch
Was failure to say "Beg your pardon"
Off they went without paying the rent
And invented a civilization
That ripped off more than an apple or two
As the years rolled on
God looked down and said with a frown
"What are you doing to heaven?"
"We're only making a home for the kids
And Adam has got to earn a living
Felling the trees, pulling the weeds
Building the town of Gomorrah
Won't it be nice when it's under control
When the wheels go round?"
And won't we have a wonderful world
Won't we be in clover
When all of the ground is covered with towns
And the countryside's cemented over
All of the land belonging to man
And no snakes in the garden
And one big mall to service it all
As the wheels go round
Our garden will have no spiders or bugs
No animals but the pet ones
Or ones that you skin and ones that you eat
That moo and oink and cluck and bleat
No need to wail about saving the whale
The elephant or the tiger
'Cause they'll be gone but we will go on
As the wheels go round
We can beget as much as we like
The world is made of elastic
And when the water and food give out
We'll manufacture more from plastic
Paradise lost? We don't give a toss
We can live under bubbles
And sing about the sea and the skies
As the wheels go round
Oh, won't we have a wonderful world
Won't we be in clover
When all of the ground is covered with towns
And the countryside's cemented over
All of the land belonging to man
And no snakes in the garden
And one big mall to service it all
As the wheels go round
When the land is filled we'll certainly build
Cities out in the Atlantic
The moon will shine on the factory ships
Nothing could be more romantic
And when the sea is as thick as a soup
We'll all walk on the water
No, it's better to drive 'cause you know you're alive
When the wheels go round
Judgement day is well on the way
But our race will go on running
We're so busy doing we don't know what
And we don't know why but it's lots of fun
So how can there be a finishing line
When we don't know where we're going?
But aren't we having a heavenly time
As the wheels go round
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When we've drained the marshes, cleared the trees
Leveled the hills and mountains
Choked the rivers and filled the seas
Put frames around the falls and fountains
Then we'll add the finishing touch
A rocket aimed at heaven
And we'll head for the moon while humming this tune
As the wheels go round
Then won't we have a marvelous heaven
Once we've done it over
The craters and deserts all covered with homes
And all the rest cemented over
You can believe that Adam and Eve
Are great at renovation
It's a pity the stars are a little too far
As the wheels go round
God gave a yell, angry as hell
He says "I was mistaken
Man believes the world is his
He's uncreating my creation
Now I retract, I'm taking it back
I'll give it to flora and fauna
To the bees and the fleas, to the bears and the hares
To the trees and the seas, to the germs and worms
To the bugs and slugs, to the fox and rocks
The dogs and hogs, the cats, the bats
The goose, the moose, the louse, the mouse
The flamingo, the dingo, the horse, of course
To the eels and seals
And to hell with the wheels
Let the world go round
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To the roach, the loach, the tiger, the spider
The albino rhino, the loon, the baboon
The mosquito, the cheetah and Uncle Andita
The kangaroo, the cockatoo, the shrew, the gnu
And they're not in a zoo
And they're not in a zoo
And they're not in a zoo
And they're not in a zoo
And they're not in a zoo
And they're not in a zoo
And they're not in a zoo
And they're not in a zoo
And they're not in a zoo
And they're not in a zoo
And they're not in a zoo
And they're not in a zoo
And they're not in a zoo
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