There comes a time when rock stars beg for cash
and that's how the world's supposed to come together as one
There are people dying
whooaah and they just noticed
and they think they're the greatest gift of all
We can't go on, pretending day by day
that record companies and media gods will soon make a change
We all play a part
in a world which starves us all
and our cooperation is all they need
( CHORUS )
They're not the world, they're not the children
they're just bosses and burocrats and rock'n'roll has-beens
There's a choice we're never given to run our own lives
without it your better day is just a better lie
Well buy the record, so they can pretend they care
and their careers will be stronger and guilt free
well as Michael and Lionel has shown us, the world is just TV
if children are starving let'um drink Pepsi
( REPEAT CHORUS )
They're not the world, They're not the children
if you want to change anything start from the beginning
There's choices we're never given to run our own lives
without it your better day is just a better lie
when your rich and famous there seems no contradiction at all
If you can just have a number one hit we'll solve it all
Wow, wow, wow let us realize that change can never come
if CBS decides what's the problem
( CHORUS - REPEAT AND FADE )
They're not the world, they're not the children
their just bosses and burocrats and rock'n'roll has-beens
There's a choice we're never given to run our own lives
without it your better day is just a better lie
(additional ad-lib vox by c**turcide)
and that's how the world's supposed to come together as one
There are people dying
whooaah and they just noticed
and they think they're the greatest gift of all
We can't go on, pretending day by day
that record companies and media gods will soon make a change
We all play a part
in a world which starves us all
and our cooperation is all they need
( CHORUS )
They're not the world, they're not the children
they're just bosses and burocrats and rock'n'roll has-beens
There's a choice we're never given to run our own lives
without it your better day is just a better lie
Well buy the record, so they can pretend they care
and their careers will be stronger and guilt free
well as Michael and Lionel has shown us, the world is just TV
if children are starving let'um drink Pepsi
( REPEAT CHORUS )
They're not the world, They're not the children
if you want to change anything start from the beginning
There's choices we're never given to run our own lives
without it your better day is just a better lie
when your rich and famous there seems no contradiction at all
If you can just have a number one hit we'll solve it all
Wow, wow, wow let us realize that change can never come
if CBS decides what's the problem
( CHORUS - REPEAT AND FADE )
They're not the world, they're not the children
their just bosses and burocrats and rock'n'roll has-beens
There's a choice we're never given to run our own lives
without it your better day is just a better lie
(additional ad-lib vox by c**turcide)