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 (wooh) 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 (wooh) Go on, sing a song Sing a song for the whole world Sing a song for you and me (sing a song)