Thank the lord for Iraq's and Iran's How mixed up they turned out to be They all seem so clinical, I feel so cynical What in the world does it mean? Thank the lord for the automobile We ain't going nowhere it seems We'll risk life and death while we're gasping for breath Tell me what in the world does it mean? Now listen Thank the lord for the gift of our lives No thanks for how tough it has been I think as we sit, oh well, ain't life a shit kick? And what in the world does it mean? Woah, what in the world? Woah, what in the world? Woah, you say that I say Thank the lord for the rate of divorce What misery there has been You'll be educated in sex, love and hate Tell me what in the world does it mean? Now here this Thank the lord for my generation What lousy parents we've been While we're at the bar, our kid's stealing a car Tell me what in the world does it mean? Sing Woah, what in the world? Woah, what in the world? Woah, you say that I say You say that I say Thank the lord for the state of our minds The child is the father of me But I think if we'd own up, I don't think we've grown up And what in the world does it mean? Hey you Thank the lord for 2000 AD What a big party there'll be We'll get high, we'll get hooked On the way home we'll get mugged And what in the world does it mean? Sing it Woah, what in the world? Woah, what in the world? Woah, you say that I say Thank the lord for the state of the world Big Brother has gone now we're free And brother we're free now to kill one another And what in the world does it mean? Thank the lord for the gift of our death (Okay everybody, out of the pool)