...........The World is a Beautiful Place............

The world is a beautiful placeto be born into

if you don't mind happiness

not always being

so very much fun

if you don't mind a touch of hell

now and then

just when everything is fine

because even in heaven

they don't sing

all the time

The world is a beautiful place

to be born into

if you don't mind some people dying

all the time

or maybe only starving

some of the time

which isn't half bad

if it isn't you

Oh the world is a beautiful place

to be born into

if you don't much mind

a few dead minds

in the higher places

or a bomb or two

now and then

in your up

turned faces

or such other improprieties

as our Name Brand society

is prey towith its men of distinction

and its men of extinction

and its priest

sand other patrol

men

and its various segregation

sand congressional investigation

sand other constipations

that our fool flesh

is heir toYes the world is the best place of all

for a lot of such things as making the fun

sceneand making the love scene

and making the sad scene

and singing low songs and having inspiration

sand walking around

looking at everything

and smelling flower

sand goosing statue

sand even thinking

and kissing people and

making babies and wearing pant

sand waving hats and

dancing

and going swimming in river

son picnics

in the middle of the summer

and just generally'living it up'

Yes

but then right in the middle

of it comes the smiling

mortician