A high school girl in Southern California Loses her life working in a fast food restaurant And all the store lost was a hundred dollars Sha la la la la la While a six-year-old in Cleveland ides his bike without training wheels, sis two front teeth missing Smiles all the way to show his mother at the soccer field Sha la la la la la Under the very same sky At the very same time Somebody's laughing Somebody's crying Somebody's living And somebody's dying I'm just a guy who's in love with a girl It's a beautiful day In the cold cruel world A young mother in Dallas, Texas who doesn't have long to live Makes a video for each of her children's 16th birthday It's the present that she'll give Sha la la la la la While a couple in Davidson County after a bitter separation Reconcile and renew their vows in front of the church's congregation Sha la la la la la Under the very same sky At the very same time Well somebody's laughing Somebody's crying Somebody's living And somebody's dying I'm just a guy who's in love with a girl It's a beautiful day Tomorrow Wall Street's gonna rise or it will fall The earth will keep on spinning 'round like some big old crystal ball And we keep pretending like we really understand While the children's choir keeps singing "He's got the whole world in His hands" Under the very same sky At the very same time Well somebody's laughing Somebody's crying Somebody's living And somebody's dying I'm just a guy who's in love with a girl It's a beautiful day In the cold cruel world Yeah, yeah, yeah It's a beautiful day Yeah, yeah It's a beautiful day Yeah, yeah, yeah It's a beuatiful day In the cold cruel world It's a beautiful day