Version 1, from the album "Somewhere In England"
WE'VE GOT TO SAVE THE WORLD,
SOMEONE ELSE MAY WANNA USE IT.
SO FAR WE'VE SEEN,
THIS PLANET'S RAPE, HOW WE'VE ABUSED IT.
WE'VE GOTTA SAVE THE WORLD.
THE RUSSIANS HAVE THE BIGGEST SHARE,
WITH THEIR LONG FINGERS EV'RYWHERE.
AND NOW THEY'VE BOMBS IN OUTER SPACE,
WITH LASER BEAMS AND ATOMIC WASTE.
RAIN FORESTS CHOPPED FOR PAPER TOWELS,
ONE ACRE GONE IN EV'RY HOUR.*
OUR BIRDS AND WILDLIFE ALL DESTROYED
TO KEEP SOME MILLIONAIRES EMPLOYED.
WE'VE GOT TO SAVE THE WHALE,
GREENPEACE, THEY'VE TRIED TO DIFFUSE IT.
BUT DOG FOOD SALESMEN
PERSIST UNKINDLY TO HARPOON IT.
WE'VE GOTTA SAVE THE WORLD.
THE ARMAMENT CONSORTIUM,
THEY'RE SELLING US PLUTONIUM.
NOW YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN H-BOMB,
RIGHT IN THE KITCHEN WITH YOUR MOM.
THE NUCLEAR POWER THAT COSTS YOU MORE
THAN ANYTHING YOU'VE KNOWN BEFORE.
THE HALF-WIT'S ANSWER TO A NEED
FOR CANCER, DEATH, DESTRUCTION, GREED.
WE'VE GOTTA SAVE THE WORLD,
SOMEONE'S CHILDREN THEY MAY NEED IT.
SO FAR WE'VE SEEN,
THE BIG BUSINESS OF EXTINCTION BLEED IT,
WE'VE GOTTA SAVE THE WORLD.
WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF SO FEW,
WITH EVIL HEARTS DETERMINED TO
REDUCE THIS PLANET INTO HELL
THEN FIND A BUYER AND MAKE QUICK SALE.
TO END UP ON A HAPPY NOTE,
LIKE TRYING TO MAKE CONCRETE FLOAT,
IT'S VERY SIMPLE KNOWING THAT
GOD IN YOUR HEART LIVES.
WE'VE GOTTA SAVE THE WORLD,
SOMEONE ELSE MAY WANNA USE IT.
IT'S TIME YOU KNEW,
HOW CLOSE WE'VE COME, WE'RE GONNA LOSE IT.
GOTTA SAVE, WE'VE GOTTA SAVE, GOTTA SAVE THE WORLD.
MM-MM-MM.
*Fifty acres a minute in reality.