[Intro]
Oh well, I wonder
Yes, I wonder
What would happen
What would happen to this world
Well, I wonder what would happen to this world

[Verse 1]
Now if a man tried
To take his time on earth
And prove before he died
What one man's life could be worth
Well, I wonder what would happen to this world

[Verse 2]
And if a woman
She used a lifeline
As something more than
Some man's servant-mother-wife time
Well, I wonder what would happen to this world

[Chorus]
Oh well, I wonder (Yes, I wonder)
Oh yes, I wonder (Yes, I wonder)
'Bout what would happen
What would happen to this world
Well, I wonder what would happen to this world
[Bridge]
As I look around me
There's such strange things
There's muggers and there's jugglers
And we are led by clowns
If an answer ever found us
Would we change things?
Or are we just a people rotten
Ready for the ground?

[Verse 3]
And if our future (If our future)
Lies on the final line
Are we brave enough
To see the signals and the signs? (You know)
I wonder what would happen to this world

[Verse 4]
We see the people
We see them marching down
Do we join the parade
Or do we try and turn around?
Well, I wonder what would happen to this world

[Chorus]
Oh well, I wonder (Yes, I wonder)
Oh yes, I wonder (Yes, I wonder)
What would happen (What would happen)
What would happen to this world (To this world)
Well, I wonder what would happen to this world
[Bridge]
Disciple children walk the streets
Selling books and flowers
Can they be last ones
With a semblance of a dream?
If we say that no one's out there
And we say we're goin' nowhere
Can we avoid the question
Is this all that it means?

[Verse 1]
Oh, if a man tried
To take his time on earth
And prove before he died
What one man's life could be worth
Well, I wonder what would happen to this world

[Chorus]
Oh well, I wonder (Yes, I wonder)
Oh yes, I wonder (Yes, I wonder)
Oh, what would happen (What would happen)
What would happen to this world (To this world)
Well, I wonder what would happen to this world
Yes, I wonder what would happen to this world