It aint the missiles we build
Foreigners killed
Capitol hill or the morning-after pill
It aint the nuclear bombs
Absent gods
Oil in the ground or the penny and the pound
No, people are the evil of the world
People are the evil of the world
It aint the smog we breathe
The blood in our meat
Atrocities of poverty or starving in the streets
It aint the price of gas
The elephant or the ass
The privileged rich or the ruling class
No, people are the evil of the world
People are the evil of the world
You may pray for redemption
But your god is just an invention
Theres no heaven, near as I can tell
Just an earth, weve slowly turned to hell
It left Berlin in two
Iraq in ruin
Haiti and Sudan in the warlords hands
It fills mass graves
Trades in slaves
Left Paris in flames, bombs trains in Spain
No people are the evil of the world
People are the evil of the world