Looking like something from out of space we came 
Nothing much to look at, but did he complain? 
He didn't mind us being here to live in peace and grace 
What we're doing to him now could put us back in space 
We're thinking like some creatures off the ocean floor 
Losing sight of what we've really come here for 
Can I be heard above the sounds of prejudice and hate? 
Take time to look around before it gets too late  
It's a happy old world 
Give and take a bit 
That's what you make of it 
A happy old world 
But I'm sorry to be leaving it 
It's a happy old world 
Give and take a bit 
That's what you make of it 
A happy old world 
But I guess I still, I still believe in it 
It's a happy old world  
 
We're tearing up the rivers and a thousand streams 
And highways, they're in places where they've never been 
We're building towers in the sky and racing for the sun 
Oh Lord, any eye can see what harm we've done 
I need some help to get myself out of this maze 
We can both just say goodbye and go our separate ways 
My mind's not on this song I sing, my heart's not in the lines 
Guess I'll go and kill myself, so would you kindly close the blinds  
 
Oh a happy old world 
Give and take a bit 
That's what you make of it 
A happy old world 
But I'm sorry to be leaving it 
It's a happy old world 
Give and take a bit 
That's what you make of it 
A happy old world 
But I guess, guess I still believe in it 
It's a happy old world