Five years old Rice pudding cold What, not moving Pick up the spoon get grooving There's kids your age and younger Fat and thin with hunger So you can thank your lucky star There's someone somewhere Much worse off than you are
[chorus] So if you're stabbed in the back say ta Que sera sera You can thank your lucky star There's someone somewhere Much worse off than you are
Yes I know you're hungry and we've got food to spare We're throwing our surplus food away But don't think we don't care We can't afford to send the stuff To the places where you are But you can thank your lucky star There's someone somewhere Much worse off than you are
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When you find you have to pay But the phone calls go astray When the bus fares seem to rise Every time you close your eyes When you're old enough to go to war and bleed But someone tells you what you can't read You get thirty years for robbing a train You get ten for murder, now that's insane!
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What do you mean you're poor When you can't have any more When it's napalm guns and bombs we need We'd like to help you, yes indeed But we've got to protect the state So I'm afraid you'll have to wait But you can thank your lucky star There's someone somewhere Much worse off than you are