[Verse 1]
Well, I was holding up a cigarette and trying to find my mouth
Trying hard to look so cool like any other ticket tout
People sipping on each other's blood, they're all out for the count
Talking turkey all around me, what are they all on about?
I don't know, shut up and listen

[Verse 2]
I'm walking out, it's past midnight, so I stay in the light
Some guy's breathing on my shoulder
He's just trying to start a fight
He said, "What's that you called me?" and something says I might
Just try to reason with him, where's the beaten track tonight?

[Chorus]
It's the world and all its problems
The world, all its problems
The world and all its problems, yeah
All its problems

[Verse 3]
Jesus Gandhi's on a limb out where good guys don't go
Telling all these parables that everybody knows
And no one wants to hear 'em 'cause he tells them all so slow
You can catch him on the news when he becomes a superhero
[Chorus]
It's the world and all its problems
The world, all its problems
The world and all its problems, yeah
All its problems

[Bridge]
I'm sitting on your sofa
Thinking how things rhyme
I wish you'd plug your dansette in
And turn it up just one more time
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up

[Verse 4]
Everybody wants all the truth but it's easier to lie
Me, I love this girl called Ruth, we had to say goodbye
I loved her so much sometimes that it made me wanna die
And I'd hate her so much sometimes and we knew the reason why

[Chorus]
It's the world and all its problems
The world, all its problems
The world and all its problems, yeah
It's the world and all its problems
The world, all its problems
The world and all its problems, yeah
All its problems
[Outro]
It's the world (World, world)
Yeah