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