"The world is a beautiful place"
Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1919-2021
The world is a beautiful place
to be born into
if you don't mind happiness
not always being
so very much
to be born into
if you don't mind happiness
not always being
so very much
fun
if you don't mind a touch of hell
now and then
just when everything is fine
because even in
if you don't mind a touch of hell
now and then
just when everything is fine
because even in
heaven
they don't sing
all the time
The world is a beautiful place
to be born into
if you don't mind some people dying
all the time
or maybe only starving
some of the time
which isn't half bad
if it isn't you
Oh the world is a beautiful place
to be born into
if you don't much mind
a few dead minds
in the higher places
or a bomb or two
now and then
in your upturned faces
or such other improprieties
as our Name Brand
they don't sing
all the time
The world is a beautiful place
to be born into
if you don't mind some people dying
all the time
or maybe only starving
some of the time
which isn't half bad
if it isn't you
Oh the world is a beautiful place
to be born into
if you don't much mind
a few dead minds
in the higher places
or a bomb or two
now and then
in your upturned faces
or such other improprieties
as our Name Brand
society
is prey to
with its men of distinction
and its men of extinction
and its priests
and other patrolmen
and its various
is prey to
with its men of distinction
and its men of extinction
and its priests
and other patrolmen
and its various
segregations
and congressional investigations
and other
and congressional investigations
and other
constipations
that our fool flesh
is heir to
Yes the world is the best place of all
for a lot of such
that our fool flesh
is heir to
Yes the world is the best place of all
for a lot of such
things as
making the fun scene
and making the love scene
and making the sad scene
and singing low songs and
making the fun scene
and making the love scene
and making the sad scene
and singing low songs and
having
inspirations
and walking around
looking at everything
and smelling
and walking around
looking at everything
and smelling
flowers
and goosing statues
and even thinking
and kissing people
and goosing statues
and even thinking
and kissing people
and
making babies and wearing pants
and waving hats and
dancing
and going swimming in
making babies and wearing pants
and waving hats and
dancing
and going swimming in
rivers
on picnics
in the middle of the summer
and just generally
'living it up'
on picnics
in the middle of the summer
and just generally
'living it up'
Yes
but then right in the middle of it
comes the smiling
mortician
