If you're driving through the country on a lazy afternoon   Or you're watching your children playin' after school   They seem to be so unaware of I know I know   The things that they soon have to take care of      We got to do something yeah to save the children   Soon it will be their test to try and save the world   Right now they seem to play such a small part of   The things that they soon be right at the heart of         My little Tommy he said he wants to be a fireman   And little Mary she said she got to teach at school   If we know or we say we know about the problems ohohoh   Why can't we do something to try and solve them      We got to do something yeah to save the children   Soon it will be their test to try and save the world   We got to do something yeah to save the children   To save the children   To save the children