They're rioting in Africa, they're starving in Spain.
There's hurricanes in Florida, and Texas needs rain.
The whole world is festering with unhappy souls.
The French hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles.
Italians hate Yugoslavs, South Africans hate the Dutch.
And I don't like anybody very much!
But we can be tranquil, and thankful, and proud,
For mans' been endowed with a mushroom-shaped cloud.
And we know for certain that some lovely day
Someone will set the spark off, and we will all be blown away.
They're rioting in Africa, there's strife in Iran.
What nature doesn't do to us, will be done by our fellow man.
They're no longer starving in Spain, and the French and Germans are mostly happier with each other than formerly. There are no longer any Yugoslavs, but the Italians do hate the Albanians which is close. The beefs are different now, but the discontent is a constant. My source is this website at Lyrics Depot.
If you want to have some fun, rewrite the lyrics with current examples. Let's see, "They're rioting in Syria, and also Bahrain. There's earthquakes in Japan, tsunamis cause pain." How's that?
There is no need whatsoever to change the last two lines. Rioting is very much current in Africa as is strife in Iran. Of course, the final line is evergreen.
