[Verse 1] ~#**************#~ What about sunrise? What about rain? ~#**************#~ What about all the things that you said we were to gain? ~#**************#~ What about killing fields? Is there a time? ~#**************#~ What about all the things that you said was yours and mine? ~#**************#~ [Pre-Chorus] ~#**************#~ Did you ever stop to notice ~#**************#~ All the blood weve shed before? ~#**************#~ Did you ever stop to notice ~#**************#~ This crying Earth, this weeping shore? ~#**************#~ [Chorus] ~#**************#~ Ah, ah-ah ~#**************#~ Ooh, ooh-ooh ~#**************#~ Ah, ah-ah ~#**************#~ Ooh, ooh-ooh ~#**************#~ [Verse 2] ~#**************#~ What have weve done to the world? Look what weve done ~#**************#~ What about all the peace that you pledge your only son? ~#**************#~ What about flowering fields? Is there a time? ~#**************#~ What about all the dreams that you said was yours and mine? ~#**************#~ [Pre-Chorus] ~#**************#~ Did you ever stop to notice ~#**************#~ All the children dead from war? ~#**************#~ Did you ever stop to notice ~#**************#~ This crying Earth, this weeping shore? ~#**************#~ [Chorus] ~#**************#~ Ah, ah-ah ~#**************#~ Ooh, ooh-ooh ~#**************#~ Ah, ah-ah ~#**************#~ Ooh, ooh-ooh ~#**************#~ [Bridge] ~#**************#~ I used to dream ~#**************#~ I used to glance beyond the stars ~#**************#~ Now I dont know where we are ~#**************#~ Although I know weve drifted far ~#**************#~ [Chorus] ~#**************#~ Ah, ah-ah ~#**************#~ Ooh, ooh-ooh ~#**************#~ Ah, ah-ah ~#**************#~ Ooh, ooh-ooh ~#**************#~ Ah, ah-ah ~#**************#~ Ooh, ooh-ooh ~#**************#~ Ah, ah-ah ~#**************#~ Ooh, ooh-ooh (Hey, yeah) ~#**************#~ [Breakdown] ~#**************#~ What about yesterday? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about the seas? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ Heavens are falling down (What about us?) ~#**************#~ I cant even see (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about Africans? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ I aint even through (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about natures worth? (Ooh) ~#**************#~ Its our planets womb (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about animals? (What about it?) ~#**************#~ Turned kingdom to dust (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about elephants? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ Have we lost their trust? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about crying whales? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ Ravaging the seas? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about forest trails? (Ooh) ~#**************#~ Burnt despite our pleas (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about the holy land? (What about it?) ~#**************#~ Torn apart by greed? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about the common man? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ Cant we set him free? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about children dying? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ Cant you hear them cry? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ Where did we go wrong? (Ooh) ~#**************#~ Someone tell me why (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about baby boy? (What about it?) ~#**************#~ What about the days? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about all their joy? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about the man? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about the crying man? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about Abraham? (What about us?) ~#**************#~ What about death again? (Ooh) ~#**************#~ Do we give a damn? ~#**************#~ [Outro] ~#**************#~ Ah, ah-ah (Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo) ~#**************#~ Ooh, ooh-ooh (Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo) ~#**************#~ Ah, ah-ah (Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo) ~#**************#~ Ooh, ooh-ooh