I want to shake the world
with music and dance and laughter,
before a meteor or comet does it
with a clutter.
I want to shake the world,
to awaken it from its ignorance,
before wars, crime, injustice
gutter the world, for its floods and tears.
I want to shake the world
to make the planets wonder:
"Hey! What's happening to the earth?"
And to make all the stars ponder.
I want to shake the world
till no one is hungry, ill, depressed
and no one is pressed
to steal and lie.
Till no one is afraid to live
or to be born
or to die.
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