We Didn't Build This World Lyrics - Harlan Howard

There's too much hatin' goin' on not enough lovin' 

Not enough helping hands too much pushin' and shovin' 

Too many lazy people lookin' for a hand out 

Too many cold and hungry children walkin' about 

We didn't build this world but we can change it rearrange it 

With God's help we can change it 

[ guitar ] 

There's too much shoutin' and shootin' bullets flyin' 

Too many young men dyin' too many mamas cryin' 

Too many people hidin' their heads in the sand 

When they oughta be livin' and lovin' workin' and changin' this land 

We didn't build this world... 

[ guitar ] 

There's too much meaness here not enough kindness 

Too many things that's wrong too many people with blindness 

We can put a great big smile on the Lord above 

But He needs our help and the very first step is a thing called love 

We didn't build this world... 

We didn't build this world... 

Lord we didn't build this world...