Private yacht parties like campfires at night Manicured lawns, malls filled with delights If it weren't for the outside, it would be a wonderful world Fine little restaurants, with bookings for two Ralph Lauren polos, black dresses, cute shoes What a glimmering pageant to show off our wonderful world So hold onto your right to be the privileged few With so much to buy and so little to do Won a game where first prize is a life with no use But to preen like a beautiful bird Maids clean the houses; we lunch in the shade Play catch with a football some third world kid made The earth's just a factory that makes us a wonderful world So sit on the harbor, and sip chardonnay Drink til' your conscience has nothing to say The statue of Reagan will smile It's a wonderful world.