Free the World

I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor

That's not my business

I don't want to rule or conquer anyone

I should like to help everyone if possible

Jew, Gentile, black man, white

We all want to help one another

Human beings are like that

We want to live by each other's happiness

Not by each other's misery

We don't want to hate and despise one another

In this world there is room for everyone

And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone

The way of life could be free and beautiful

But we have lost the way

Greed has poisoned men's souls

Has barricaded the world with hate

Has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed

We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in

More than machinery, we need humanity

More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness

Without these qualities life will be violent and all will be lost

To those who can hear me, I say: do not despair

The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed

The bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress

The hate of men will pass and dictators die

And the power they took from the people will return to the people

What's that?

What's that?

What's that?

Soldiers, don't give yourselves to brutes

Men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives -

Tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel!

Who drill you - diet you - treat you

Like cattle, use you as cannon fodder!

Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men -

Machine men with machine minds and machine hearts!

You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men!

You have the love of humanity in your hearts!

You don't hate! Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural!

Soldiers! Don't fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!

The kingdom of God is within man -

Not one man nor a group of men, but in all men!

In you! You, the people have the power -

The power to create machines

The power to create happiness!

You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful

To make this life a wonderful adventure!

Then - in the name of democracy! -

Let us use that power!

Let us all unite!

Now let us fight to fulfill that promise!

Let us fight to free the world!

Let us fight for a new world! A decent world!

(Decent world, decent world, decent world, decent world

Decent world, decent world, decent world, decent world)

What's that?