By Gary Chapman, Jerry Mcpherson There's a girl in Birmingham with her heart about to break How could he fall for another There's a girl in Tokyo, she has married her mistake Maybe she'll run home to mother Hearts break the same in each country Tears fall alike 'round the world Chorus: Around the world we're all hopin', prayin' Our little world survives with our lives Around the world hear this message sayin' Our little world can live when we learn to forgive There's a boy in Lebanon with his hand around a gun Learning to die for his homeland There's a boy in San Antone, he is learnin' how to run Having to live from his own hand Each one has fear as his pa**ion Every young man wants to live (Repeat chorus) There's a man in Washington with a power in his hand God only knows if he'll use it There's a fear across the waves There's a fear across our land Only God's gonna help us all to lose it (Repeat chorus twice