The world is a beautiful place<br />to be born into<br />if you don't mind happiness<br />not always being<br />so very much fun<br />if you don't mind a touch of hell<br />now and then<br />just when everything is fine<br />because even in heaven<br />they don't sing<br />all the time<br /><br />The world is a beautiful place<br />to be born into<br />if you don't mind some people dying<br />all the time<br />or maybe only starving<br />some of the time<br />which isn't half bad<br />if it isn't you<br /><br />Oh the world is a beautiful place<br />to be born into<br />if you don't much mind<br />a few dead minds<br />in the higher places<br />or a bomb or two<br />now and then<br />in your upturned faces<br />or such other improprieties<br />as our Name Brand society<br />is prey to<br />with its men of distinction<br />and its men of extinction<br />and its priests<br />and other patrolmen<br /><br />and its various segregations<br />and congressional investigations<br />and other constipations<br />that our fool flesh<br />is heir to<br /><br />Yes the world is the best place of all<br />for a lot of such things as<br />making the fun scene<br />and making the love scene<br />and making the sad scene<br />and singing low songs and having inspirations<br />and walking around<br />looking at everything<br />and smelling flowers<br />and goosing statues<br />and even thinking<br />and kissing people and<br />making babies and wearing pants<br />and waving hats and<br />dancing<br />and going swimming in rivers<br />on picnics<br />in the middle of the summer<br />and just generally<br />'living it up'<br />Yes<br />but then right in the middle of it<br />comes the smiling<br /><br />mortician