VERSE 1   Have you ever seen a haughty cloud proud of its position in the sky   Do mountain ranges tower high to remind us of our lesser size   Have canyons grand and oceans wide rivaled over bragging rights   Do land and sea vie for boundary   Is it foolish to believe they think on better things      CHORUS   Why do we strive   And work so hard to gain the world   Why must we try to prove our worth   To rule the earth, why strive      VERSE 2   Does Saturn wear her rings to flaunt her wealth around the universe   Do comets dash the sky to make us stare   Has morning ever picked a fight with an up-and-coming moonlit night   And why on earth are there so many stars   Could it be wrong to think it's just because there are      CHORUS   Why do we strive   And work so hard to gain the world   Why must we try to prove our worth   To rule the earth, why strive      BRIDGE   Is our planet green with envy   Of a sun, red with jealousy   Over stars who burn for so much more   What's it for, why do we fight   Clash and collide and agonize   Why do we strive, Why do we fight      CHORUS   Why do we strive   And work so hard to gain the world   Why must we try to prove our worth   To rule the earth      Why do we strive   And work so hard to gain the world   Why must we try to prove our worth   To rule the earth, why strive      Why do we strive, why do we fight      We labor, we labor in vain (repeat)   We work so hard, we work so hard (repeat)