Songwriter: John Mellencamp
Producer: John Mellencamp
Virginia's in the bath house sayin', "Don't drink the water,"
And I'm already in the swimmin' pool
The woman in the straw hat said, "The meat ain't worth eatin',"
And sunbathin' here, baby, ain't so cool
There's a hole in the ozone and the rats all got cancer
From too much tartar and nicotine
Well, what kind of world do we live in
When the babysitter treats all the kids so mean?
No trespassing will blow your brains out
Will do it with atomic bomb
They're cuttin' down the rain forest and the food here's fattenin'
And I hope there's no satanic message in this song
But, there's Live Aid and Farm Aid and all kind of hand grenades
To help us all get along
Well, what kind of world do we live in
When ev'rything we do turns out so wrong?
Well, what kind of world do we live in
When eleven and seven equals two? Yeah
What kind of world do we live in
When you do it to your buddy 'fore he does it to you?
Got to do it to your buddy 'fore he does it to you
The preacher he hands out verse and scripture
Just like he wrote it down himself
Doctors and lawyers got a good thing going
But that ain't no place to go if you need help
There's too much sodium in my heartburn medicine
And I think I need to lay down for awhile
Well, what kind of world do we live in
When ev'rything we do we do with such style?
Well, what kind of world do we live in
When eleven and seven equals two? Yeah
What kind of world do we live in
When you do it to your buddy 'fore he does it to you?
Got to do it to your buddy 'fore he does it to you
And I'm already in the swimmin' pool
The woman in the straw hat said, "The meat ain't worth eatin',"
And sunbathin' here, baby, ain't so cool
There's a hole in the ozone and the rats all got cancer
From too much tartar and nicotine
Well, what kind of world do we live in
When the babysitter treats all the kids so mean?
No trespassing will blow your brains out
Will do it with atomic bomb
They're cuttin' down the rain forest and the food here's fattenin'
And I hope there's no satanic message in this song
But, there's Live Aid and Farm Aid and all kind of hand grenades
To help us all get along
Well, what kind of world do we live in
When ev'rything we do turns out so wrong?
Well, what kind of world do we live in
When eleven and seven equals two? Yeah
What kind of world do we live in
When you do it to your buddy 'fore he does it to you?
Got to do it to your buddy 'fore he does it to you
The preacher he hands out verse and scripture
Just like he wrote it down himself
Doctors and lawyers got a good thing going
But that ain't no place to go if you need help
There's too much sodium in my heartburn medicine
And I think I need to lay down for awhile
Well, what kind of world do we live in
When ev'rything we do we do with such style?
Well, what kind of world do we live in
When eleven and seven equals two? Yeah
What kind of world do we live in
When you do it to your buddy 'fore he does it to you?
Got to do it to your buddy 'fore he does it to you
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Big Daddy (1989)
John Mellencamp popular songs
- Jack & Diane
- Pink Houses
- Hurts So Good
- Small Town
- Check It Out
- Authority Song
- Rain on the Scarecrow
- I Need a Lover
- Cherry Bomb
- For the Children
- Farewell Angelina
- R. Gang
- To M.G. (Wherever She May Be)
- Worn Out Nervous Condition
- Yours Forever
- No One Cares About Me
- Forgiveness
- L.U.V.
- This May Not Be the End of the World
- County Fair
- Goodnight
- Young Without Lovers
- Another Sunny Day 12/25
- Serious Business