I must’ve dreamed a thousand dreams / Been haunted by a million screams / But I can hear the marching feet / They’re moving into the street

Now did you read the news today? / They say the danger’s gone away / But I can see the fire’s still alight / Burning into the night

There’s too many men, too many people / Making too many problems / And not much love to go ’round / Can’t you see this is a land of confusion?

Ooh this is the world we live in (Oh-oh-oh) / And these are the hands we’re given (Oh-oh-oh) / Use them and let’s start trying (Oh-oh-oh) / To make it a place worth living in

Ooh Superman, where are you now? / When everything’s gone wrong somehow / The men of steel, men of power / Are losing control by the hour

This is the time, this is the place / So we look for the future / But there’s not much love to go ’round / Tell me why, this is a land of confusion

This is the world we live in (Oh-oh-oh) / And these are the hands we’re given (Oh-oh-oh) / Use them and let’s start trying (Oh-oh-oh) / To make it a place worth living in

I remember long ago / Ooh, when the sun was shining / Yes and the stars were bright / All through the night / And the sound of your laughter as I held you tight / So long ago

I won’t be coming home tonight / My generation will put it right / We’re not just making promises / That we know, we’ll never keep

Too many men, there’s too many people / Making too many problems / And not much love to go ’round / Can’t you see this is a land of confusion?

Now this is the world we live in (Oh-oh-oh) / And these are the hands we’re given (Oh-oh-oh) / Use them and let’s start trying (Oh-oh-oh) / To make it a place worth fighting for

This is the world we live in (Oh-oh-oh) / And these are the names we’re given (Oh-oh-oh) / Stand up and let’s start showing (Oh-oh-oh) / Just where our lives are going to

[By Anthony Banks – Michael Rutherford – Phillip Collins © Virgin / Atlantic, 1986]