I Wonder What Would Happen To This World
Words and Music by Harry Chapin

Oh well I wonder...
Yes I wonder...
What would happen....
What would happen to this world...
Well I wonder what would happen to this world...

Now if a man tried to take his time on earth
And prove before he died what one man's life could be worth
Well I wonder what would happen to this world

And if a woman she used her life line
As something more than some man's servant, mother, wife time
Well I wonder what would happen to this world

Oh well I wonder...
Yes I wonder...
What would happen....
What would happen to this world...
Well I wonder what would happen to this world...

As I look around me there's some strange things
There's muggers and there's jugglers
We are lead by clowns

If an answer ever found us
Would we change things?
Or are we just a people rotten ready for the ground

And if our future lies on the final line
Are we brave enough to see the signals and the signs
I wonder what would happen to this world

We see the people, we see them marchin' down
Do we join the parade or do we try and turn around
Well I wonder what would happen to this world

Oh well I wonder...
Yes I wonder...
What would happen....
What would happen to this world...
Well I wonder what would happen to this world...

Disciple children walk the streets 
Selling books and flowers
Can they be the last ones with a semblance of a dream

If we say that no one's out there
And we say we're goin' no where
Can we avoid the question Is this all that it means?

Now if a man tried to take his time on earth
And prove before he died what one man's life could be worth
Well I wonder what would happen to this world

Oh well I wonder...
Yes I wonder...
What would happen....
What would happen to this world...
Well I wonder what would happen to this world...

Yes I wonder what would happen to this world