Wait for me now Take off this crown To break all that defiles Don't you know? The end's robbed me now Wait for me, wait for me Wait for me, wait for me now Do you see the world in different colors? Do you see the world in black and gray?

Once I was seven years old Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely Once I was twenty years old, my story got told Once I was twenty years old Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold Or will I have a lot of children who can

So soak it all up, let it sink in Crank it up loud, all the way to ten Raise your cup to the sky Tip 'em back to friends and let your party lights shine On top of the world in the back of a truck Livin' like the sun ain't comin' back up Need a buddy

Gotta love this American ride Both ends of the ozone burnin' Funny how the world keeps turning I love, this American ride That's us, that's right Look ma, no hands Winter gettin' colder, summer gettin' warmer Tidal wave comin' cross the Mexican border

And I think to myself, what a wonderful world The colors of a rainbow so pretty in the sky I see friends shaking hands sayin' how do you do I hear babies cry, I watch them grow And I think to myself, what a wonderful world I see trees of green, red roses

And I think to myself, what a wonderful world The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?" They're really saying, "I love you" I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you I

I want to be, I got to be Man of the world Man, man, man I heard there was a future bride Who will before your eyes Oh, I guess I never knew Yeah, what your woman's getting up to now I really tried to make ends meet Keep your vow, turn off the streets

Death or glory becomes just another story Death or glory just another story We gonna fight your brother Now every cheap hood strikes a bargain with the world And ends up making payments on a sofa or a girl Love 'n' hate tattooed across the knuckles of

We are the champions We are the champions my friends No time for losers 'Cause we are the champions (And we mean to go on and on and on and on) Of the world And we'll keep on fighting till the end I've paid my dues Time after time

What a wonderful world And I think to myself The colors of the rainbow So pretty in the sky I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do I see trees of green Red roses too I see them bloom For me and you