What's happening in the world today People do not care When you ask them they only say That they do not care The people, the people, the people yeah We got to live together The people, the people, the people yeah We got to work together A woman await her man from the war She forget what he's fighting for Been so long, she start to regret The way they cheered them when they left The people, the people, the people yeah We got to live together The people, the people, the people yeah We got to work together She don't want him back in a wooden case She don't want no medal, just to see his face If he come back now, she would never again Let him put his trust in the recruiting machine The people, the people, the people yeah We got to live together The people, the people, the people yeah We got to work together