[Verse 1: Neil Tennant]
Dictation being forced in Afghanistan
Revolution in South Africa taking a stand
People in Eurasia on the brink of oppression

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
I hope it's gonna be alright
I hope the music plays forever

[Verse 2: Neil Tennant]
Forests falling at a desperate pace
The earth is dying and desert taking its place
People under pressure on the brink of starvation

[Chorus: Neil Tennant & Tessa Niles]
I hope it's gonna be alright
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)

[Verse 3: Neil Tennant]
Generations will come and go
But there's one thing for sure
Music is our life's foundation
And shall succeed all the nations to come, yeah

[Chorus: Neil Tennant & Tessa Niles]
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
I hope it's gonna be alright
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
And the music plays forever
(For it goes on and on and on and on and on)
And it's gonna be alright
(On and on and on and on and on and on and on and on)
And the music plays forever
[Interlude]

[Verse 4: Neil Tennant]
The year three thousand may still come to pass
But the music shall last
I can hear it on a timeless wavelength
Never dissipating, but giving us strength

[Chorus: Neil Tennant & Tessa Niles]
I hope it's gonna be alright
I hope the music plays forever
(For it goes on and on and on and on)
(On and on and on and on forever)

[Bridge: Neil Tennant]
There's a boy standing by a river
There's a girl lying with her lover
There's a statesman standing at a crossroads
There's a soldier polishing his gun

[Verse 5: Neil Tennant]
I can hear it on a timeless wavelength
Never dissipating, but giving us strength

[Chorus: Neil Tennant & Tessa Niles]
(It's alright)
It's gonna be alright
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
If the music plays forever
(For it goes on and on and on and on and on)
(It's gonna be alright)
If the music plays forever
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(I think it's gonna be alright)
It's gonna be alright
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(For it goes on and on and on and on and on)
(If the music plays)
Forever
(On and on and on and on forever)
(Alright, alright)
(For it goes on and on and on and on forever)