Gather all these down hearted people all these with the weariest hearts If we could only get them near we'd help them make a new start Because this crying is breaking my heart this crying is breaking my heart And we all cry right from our hearts Gather all these fool hardy people who'd like to see the world go to war If they could learn to love someone without settling the score Because this dying tears us apart this dying tears us apart And then we all die without our hearts Gather all these under handing banking men with their parachutes all opening wide If they could live one normal day put their money aside Because they're lying right out their mouth they're lying north and south And they all lie to all of us So tell me what's it gonna be are we really walking off of the edge I'd like to take a moment here to step back from the ledge