[Verse 1: David Byrne]
In national elections
In songs raised on high
With stirring emotions
As tears fill our eyes
In democratic fever
For national defense

[Chorus: David Byrne]
We are a mountain
We are a mountain
We are a mountain
Like birds upon a fence
Like birds upon a fence

[Verse 2: David Byrne]
Young artists and writers
Please heed the call
What's good for business
Is good for us all
And as it is in nature
So it is in life

[Chorus: David Byrne]
The weak among us perish
The weak among us perish
The weak among us perish
The strong alone survive
The strong alone survive
[Bridge: Mark Mothersbaugh]
I say the lines
The weak shall perish
Strong shall survive

[Verse 3: David Byrne]
Voices like thunder
Decisions like steel
The past and the future
They belong to us all
From every mountain
The water and the land

[Chorus: David Byrne]
The world that we've created
The world that we've created
The world that we've created
By working hand in hand
By working hand in hand