Woody Guthrie Lyrics

I read the paper, and the paper said:
The war clouds rolling overhead.
Too many years the war clouds roll.
What is this world a gonna do?

What is this world a gonna do?
What is this world a gonna do?

This world is called a funny place
It’s a world of sorrow and disgrace
A world of love and happiness too
What is this world a gonna do?

What is this world a gonna do?
What is this world a gonna do?

CHORUS:
What makes this world march into war?
What is it they are fighting for?
How many must die
for the crimes of a few?
Who will rise up to lead you right?
Who will lead you through the night?
Who will free you from the greed,
and lead you through?

What is this world a gonna do?
What is this world a gonna do?

Your fracking rumbles through the land
And breaks many an honest man
From sweetheart, wife and children too
What is this world a gonna do?

What is this world a gonna do?
What is this world a gonna do?

CHORUS

Your pesticides fly like a blight
The bees meander day and night
This chemical war - what are we fighting for?
What is this world a gonna do?

What is this world a gonna do?
What is this world a gonna do?

Your hate, like thunder, rolls along
The bullets lay down the brave and strong
But the soldiers never truly know
why who is fighting who

What is this world a gonna do?
What is this world a gonna do?

CHORUS

I read the paper and the paper said…

*The recorded version of this song is available on YouTube.