Wake up everybody
No more sleepin' in bed
No more backward thinkin' time
for thinkin' ahead
The world has changed
so very much from
what it used to be
There's so much hatred
war and poverty
Wake up all the teachers
time to teach a new way
Maybe then they'll listen to
whatcha have to say
'Cause they're the ones
who's coming up
and the world is in their hands
When you teach the children
teach 'em the very best you can
The world won't get no better
If we just let it be
The world won't get no better
We gotta change it yeah
Just you and me
Wake up all the doctors
make the old people well
They're the ones who suffer
and who catch all the hell
But they don't have so very long
before the judgment day
So won'tcha make them happy
before they pass away
Wake up all the builders
time to build a new land
I know we could do it
If we all lend a hand
The only thing we have to do
is put it in our minds
Surely things will work out
they do it every time
The world won't get no better
If we just let it be
The world won't get no better
We gotta change it yeah
Just you and me
Change it yeah
Just you and me
Change it yeah
Can't do it alone
Need some help y'all
Can't do it alone yeah
Wake up everybody
Wake up everybody
Need a little help y'all
Need a little help
Need some y'all to change the world