Happy Old World - Barclay James Harvest

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