[Verse 1]
Grandpa said to cousin Jed, sitting on the porch
"I won't retire but I might retread
Seems like that guy singing this song been doing it for a long time
Is there anything he knows that he ain't said?"

[Chorus]
"Sing the song for freedom, sing a song for love
Sing a song for depressed angels falling from above"

[Verse 2]
Grandpa held the paper pretendin' he could see
But he couldn't read without his glasses on
"How can all these people afford so many things?
When I was young people wore what they had on"
And mama said

[Chorus]
"A little love and affection in everything you do
Will make the world a better place with or without you"
A little love and affection in everything you do

[Verse 3]
Slammin' down a late night shot, the hero and the artist compared
Goals and visions and afterthoughts for the 21st century
But mostly came up with nothin' so the truth was never learned
And the human race just kept rolling on
[Chorus]
Rolling through the fighting, rolling through the religious wars
Rolling down the temple walls and the church's exposed sores
Rolling through the fighting, the religious wars
Mostly came up with nothin'

[Verse 3]
"Grandpa here's your glasses, you'll see much better now,"
Said that young girl of Edith and Earl's
But Grandpa just kept staring, he was lost in some distant thought
Then he turned and said to that young girl

[Chorus]
"A little love and affection in everything you do
Will make the world a better place with or without you"
With or without you, a better place
With or without you, with or without you

[Verse 4]
Hear that rooster crowing down on the Double E
It's a new morning dawning on the green
Bouncing off the towers and the sun's heading down for the streets
The business meeting window shades are drawn
Another morning edition headed for the porch
Because Grandma puts down the paper before Grandpa raises his fork
[Chorus]
A little love and affection in everything you do
With or without you
Hear the rooster crowing down on the Double E