Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
Let's take a map of the world
Tear it into pieces
All of the boys and the girls
Will see how easy it is
To pull it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then
I'll have faith or, I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse
All that we need at the start's
Universal revolution (that's all)
And if we trust in our hearts
We'll find the solutions
To pull it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then
I'll have faith or, I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse
Took a plane across the world
Got in a car
When I reached my destination
I hadn't gone far
Let's take the whole of the world
The mountains and the sand
Let all the boys and the girls
Shape it in their hands
To pull it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then
I'll have faith or, I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse
Put it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then (that's all)
I'll have faith, or I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse
Put it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then
I'll have faith, or I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse (that's all)
Put it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then (that's all)
I'll have faith, or I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse (that's all)
Put it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then (that's all)
I'll have faith, or I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse
Tear it into pieces
All of the boys and the girls
Will see how easy it is
To pull it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then
I'll have faith or, I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse
All that we need at the start's
Universal revolution (that's all)
And if we trust in our hearts
We'll find the solutions
To pull it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then
I'll have faith or, I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse
Took a plane across the world
Got in a car
When I reached my destination
I hadn't gone far
Let's take the whole of the world
The mountains and the sand
Let all the boys and the girls
Shape it in their hands
To pull it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then
I'll have faith or, I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse
Put it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then (that's all)
I'll have faith, or I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse
Put it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then
I'll have faith, or I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse (that's all)
Put it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then (that's all)
I'll have faith, or I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse (that's all)
Put it all down and start again
From the top to the bottom and then (that's all)
I'll have faith, or I prefer
To think that things couldn't turn out worse
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"Took a plane across the world Got in a car When I had reached my destination I hadn't gone far"
Environmental issues here, perchance?
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To pull it all down and start again From the top to the bottom and then I'll have faith or, I prefer To think that things couldn't turn out worse
This band has gone through many And then...This song has saved me in my young loner years.
Not Environmental Issues - that line is a prequel to People are people.
This is an awesome song - Take a map and tear it to pieces and let the kids put it back together - they just do it without regard to borders or cultures or religions.
I think it is about the youth taking over and remaking the world - Could it get any worse? (I guess we know the answer to that now)