Check it down       He tried to say    As he wiped his eyes    He'd hoped to never see this day    When all we have    Is the smoking ash    The sad remains of old L.A.       And then he smiled    And said you listen boy    There's only so much you can do    You've got to put aside    What's been going wrong    And just sing a song -- Sing a song    ,,, And he walked away, yeah       I ran alone through a town gone mad    Never felt so good about the load I had to bear    More than just my city's burned    But someday soon we'd better learn    To take the pain and not despair       But don't you try (Don't you try)    To understand it    Oh, you won't live that long (Live that long)    But when you try    To undertake it    Go on and sing a song       Sing a song for the whole world    Sing a song for you and me (Sing a song for you and me)    Sing a song for the whole world (Oh won't you sing it to me, yeah)    Go on ... Sing a song       Sing a song for the whole world    Sing a song for you and me (Oh, sing a song)    Sing a song for the whole world (Ooh)    Go on ... Sing a song       Sing a song for the whole world (Oh won't you sing me)    Sing a song for you and me (Sing a song)    Sing a song for the whole world (Whoo-oh!)    Go on ... Sing a song       Sing a song for the whole world    Sing a song for you and me (Sing a song)    Sing a song for the whole world (Whoo-oh!)    Go on ... Sing a song       Sing a song for the whole world    Sing a song for you and me (Sing a song)    Sing a song for the whole world (Whoo-oh!)    Go on ... Sing a song