Happy Old World Lyrics - Barclay James Harvest

Looking like something from out of space we came 

Nothing much to look at but did he complain? 

He didn't mind us being here to live in peace and grace 

What we're doing to him now could put us back in space 

We're thinking like some creatures off the ocean floor 

Losing sight of what we've really come here for 

Can I be heard above the sounds of prejudice and hate? 

Take time to look around before it gets too late 

It's a happy old world 

Give and take a bit that's what you make of it 

A happy old world 

But I'm sorry to be leaving it 

It's a happy old world 

Give and take a bit that's what you make of it 

A happy old world 

But I guess I still, I still believe in it 

It's a happy old world 

We're tearing up the rivers and a thousand streams 

And highways, they're in places where they've never been 

We're building towers in the sky and racing for the sun 

Oh Lord, any eye can see what harm we've done 

Need some help to get myself out of this maze 

We can both just say goodbye and go our separate ways 

My mind's not on this song I sing, my heart's not in the lines 

Guess I'll go and kill myself, so would you kindly close the blinds 

Oh, a happy old world 

Give and take a bit that's what you make of it 

A happy old world 

But I'm sorry to be leaving it 

It's a happy old world 

Give and take a bit that's what you make of it 

A happy old world but I guess, guess I still believe in it 

It's a happy old world