in my dream children sing a song of love for every boy and girl the sky is blue and fields are green and laughter is the language of the world then i wake and all i see is a world full of people in need chorus tell me why does it have to be like this tell me why is there something i have missed tell me why cause i don t understand when so many need somebody we don t give a helping hand tell me why everyday i ask myself what will i have to do to be a man do i have to stand a fight to prove to everybody who i am is that what my life is for to waste in a world full of war chorus tell me why does it have to be like this tell me why is there something i have missed tell me why cause i don t understand when so many need somebody we don t give a helping hand tell me why chorus tell me why tell me why tell me why tell me why just tell me why why why chorus tell me why does it have to be like this tell me why is there something i have missed tell me why cause i don t understand when so many need somebody we don t give a helping hand tell me why chorus tell me why tell me why can someone tell us why we let the forest burn tell me why tell me why can some one tell us why we let the ocean die tell me why tell me why can some one tell us why we cannot just be friends 