Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  



Here's To a World That's All Right

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1963 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1991.


Here's to the girls afraid that they're caught,
Yeh, yeh.
Here's to the kids whose folks drink and fight,
Here's to the boys who can't find a job--
Here's to a world that's all right, all right,
Here's to a world that's all right.

Here's to the babies who never get milk,
Yeh, yeh.
To those who get the milk with the strontium bite.
Here's to the boys who can't find a job--
Here's to a world that's all right, all right,
Here's to a world that's all right.

Here's to the kids who think they are free,
Yeh, yeh.
Till dogs and policemen show them the light.
Here's to the boys who can't find a job--
Here's to a world that's all right, all right,
Here's to a world that's all right.

Here's to a world that's all right,
Depending on your point of view,
With the air waves and news print
To speak up for you,
If you've money to buy them so they'll never bite,
Here's to a world that's all right.

Here's to the millions who die,
Yeh, yeh,
With neutron and chemical blight,
Silently die in the hospital night,
Here's to a world that's all right, all right,
Here's to a world that's all right.

Silent and silent and still,
Yeh, yeh,
Nobody knows of their plight,
But everyone knows how well everything goes
So here's to a world that's all right, all right,
Here's to a world that's all right.

Here's to a world that's all right,
Depending on your point of view,
With the air waves and news print
To speak up for you,
If you've money to buy them so they'll never bite,
Here's to a world that's all right.


Malvina Reynolds songbook(s) in which the music to this song appears:
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Other place(s) where the music to this song appears:
---- Broadside No. 28 (late June 1963)

Malvina Reynolds recording(s) on which this song is performed:
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