Lyin' in the park

On a beautiful day

Sun shine in the grass

And the children play

Siren's passin'

Fire engine's red

Someone's house is burning down

On a day like this

The evening comes and we're hangin' out

On the front step

And a car goes by with the windows rolled down

And that war song is playin "why can't we be friends"

Someone's screamin' and cryin' in the apartment upstairs

Funny the way it is

And if you think about it

Somebody's goin' hungry

And someone else is eatin' out

Funny the way it is

Whether right or wrong

Somebody's heart is broken

And it becomes your favorite song

The way your mouth feels in a lover's kiss

Like a pretty bird on a breeze or water to a fish

But a bomb blast brings the building crashin' to the floor

Hear the laughter while the children play war

Funny the way it is

And if you think about it

One kid walks 10 miles to school

While another's droppin' out

Funny the way it is

No matter right or wrong

On a soldier's last breath

His baby's being born

Standin' on a bridge

Watch the water passin' under me

It must have been much harder

When there was no bridge just water

Now the world is small

Remember how it used to be

With mountain and oceans

And winter's and river's and stars

Watch the sky the jetplanes

So far out of my reach

Is there someone up there lookin' down on me

Boy chase a bird

So close but everytime

He never catch her

But he can't stop trying

Funny the way it is

And if you think about it

One kid walks 10 miles to school

While another's droppin' out

Funny the way it is

No matter right or wrong

On a soldier's last breath

His baby's being born

Funny the way it is

No matter right or wrong

Somebody's broken heart

And it becomes your favorite song

Funny the way it is

And if you think about it

One kid walks 10 miles to school

While another's droppin' out

Standin' on a bridge

Watch the water passin' under me

It must have been much harder

When there was no bridge just water

Now the world is small

Remember how it used to be

With mountain and oceans

And winter's and river's and stars