The Only World We’ve Got (We Gotta Do Better Than This) Words and music by Teresa Jennings. Music K-8 Vol 5 #2. Copyright 1994 Plank Road Publishing. All rights reserved. Used with permission. PowerPoint by Tracy King

This is the only world we’ve got. It’s the only world we’ve got. The only one we’ve got. We’ve gotta do better than this. Sung: This is the only world we’ve got. It’s the only world we’ve got. The only one we’ve got. Spoken: We’ve gotta do better than this.

The only world we’ve got. It’s the only world we’ve got. Yes, the only one we’ve got. We’ve gotta fix it now! Sung: The only world we’ve got. It’s the only world we’ve got. Yes, the only one we’ve got. Spoken: We’ve gotta fix it now!

Pull together. Pull together. Pull together. Pull together.

and Woman Girls: Don’t bury your head in the sand. You gotta help your fellow man Girls/Boys: and Woman.

Girls: It’s like they say: if you wanna be a player, then you gotta play Boys/Girls: by the rules!

Girls: Be a part of the team with a dream for a better world to live in, so give in with all you’ve got. Girls/Boys: That’s a lot!

This is the only world we’ve got. It’s the only world we’ve got. The only one we’ve got. We’ve gotta do better than this. Sung: This is the only world we’ve got. It’s the only world we’ve got. The only one we’ve got. Spoken: We’ve gotta do better than this.

The only world we’ve got. It’s the only world we’ve got. Yes, the only one we’ve got. We’ve gotta fix it now! Sung: The only world we’ve got. It’s the only world we’ve got. Yes, the only one we’ve got. Spoken: We’ve gotta fix it now!

Pull together. Pull together. Pull together. Pull together.

stinks stinks stinks stinks stinks stinks stinks stinks IT STINKS! WAR stinks POVERTY stinks IGNORANCE stinks POLLUTION stinks CRIME stinks DRUGS stinks BIGOTRY stinks APATHY stinks IT STINKS!

Partially cover ears with your hands and make a screaming face (no sound) during the guitar screams.

This is the only world we’ve got. It’s the only world we’ve got. The only one we’ve got. We’ve gotta do better than this. Sung: This is the only world we’ve got. It’s the only world we’ve got. The only one we’ve got. Spoken: We’ve gotta do better than this.

The only world we’ve got. It’s the only world we’ve got. Yes, the only one we’ve got. We’ve gotta fix it now! Sung: The only world we’ve got. It’s the only world we’ve got. Yes, the only one we’ve got. Spoken: We’ve gotta fix it now!

This is the only world we’ve got. It’s the only world we’ve got. The only one we’ve got. We’ve gotta do better than this. Sung: This is the only world we’ve got. It’s the only world we’ve got. The only one we’ve got. Spoken: We’ve gotta do better than this.

The only world we’ve got. It’s the only world we’ve got. Yes, the only one we’ve got.

This is the only world we’ve got! Spoken: We’ve gotta fix it now!