I Want To See The World

B
Especially France
D                                     E
I want to see them Frenchies sing and dance
A                       B
They got rhythms unlike any other culture
    D                             E
And fuck boy, I really like their sodas
N.C         A
I wanna see Japan
B
To try all the dishes
D                    E
'Cause I love eating fishes
          A
I’ve been to Germany
      B
But I ate Indian food
D                          E
I shoulda had a sausage or two

N.C               A          B         D
I want to see the world, the world
              E
In all of its glory
    A                       B
The museums, the mountains, the people, the towns
       D           E
I wanna hear every story

                A
I want to go to Normandy
   B                   D                    E
To respect the troops, they died for me and you
                A
I want to go to Belgium
                 B                     D
That’s where the Allies fought the Axis
                    E
And wonder how that happened
N.C        A
I’m off to Manhattan
B
I want to go to Ground Zero
D                     E
And salute the fallen heroes
                A
I want to go to Memphis
             B
That’s where MLK got killed
D                           E
It doesn’t make sense to me still

N.C                   A          B
But I want to see the world, the world
D              E
But I want the whole story
          A                    B
And if it makes me cringe, and gasp, and gag
     D                        E
Then I guess that that’s good for me

                A
I want to go to Samoa
B
And ask them for real
D                                  E
Do you want us occupying you still?
                A
I want to go to Honduras
        B
Because it just isn’t right
       D                       E
We meddled in their elections several different times
A                B
Guatemala to say sorry for the harm
D                           E
I’m sorry we exploited your farms
                A
I’d like to see Africa
     B
An unbelievable theft
D                                E
Occurred and we should never forget

N.C                    A      B
Oh you want to see the world? The world?
D                 E
But it is fucking awful
           A
And if you stare too hard
         B                   D           E
Then you just might find the bottom of a bottle

              A
I want to see Auschwitz
B                         D                      E
To try and comprehend how God let that happen to them
              A
I want to see Rwanda
B                   D                              E
To pay my respects to the million people forced to death
N.C        A                  B
I’m off to Vietnam to see all the harm that we caused
D                        E
To try and make sense of myself involved
A           B
To Cuba, to end the blockade
D                          E
Fucking human lives are at stake

N.C             A          B
I wanna see the world, the world
D        E       A                 B
Before I die before my heart stops beating
   D            E
Or I rip out my eyes
                  A          B
I want to see the world, the world
D          E
Or maybe I don’t
A                   B
Maybe I’m extremely ignorant
    D            E
And maybe I just won’t

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