I should like to help everyone, if possible
Jew, gentile, black man, white
We all want to help one another
Human beings are like that
We want to live by each other's happiness
Not by each other's misery
We don't want to hate and despise one another
In this world there is room for everyone

And the good earth is rich
And can provide for everyone
The way of life can be free and beautiful
But we have lost the way
Greed has poisoned men's souls
Has barricaded the world with hate
Has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed

We have developed speed
But we have shut ourselves in
Machinery that gives abundance
Has left us in want
Our knowledge has made us cynical
Our cleverness, hard and unkind
We think too much and feel too little

More than machinery
We need humanity
More than cleverness
We need kindness and gentleness
Without these qualities
Life will be violent and all will be lost
The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together
The very nature of these inventions
Cries out for the goodness in men
Cries out for universal brotherhood
For the unity of us all