When I grow up
We’ll all be nice to one another
Everyone will be my brother
How do I know
My father told me so

When I grow up
No one will ever go to war
And people won’t cry anymore
How do I know
My father told me so

That’s how it’s gonna be
That’s how it’s gonna be
My father told me so
And he would
never lie to me

When I grow up
The air will be
so clean and pure
And people won’t
be sick or poor
How do I know
My father told me so

When I grow up
No one will be
a different kind
And we will all be color blind
How do I know
My father told me so

That’s how it’s gonna be
That’s how it’s gonna be
My father told me so
And he would never lie to me

Well that’s how it’s gonna be
That’s how it’s gonna be
My father told me so
And he would never lie to me

Oh that’s how it’s gonna be
That’s how it’s gonna be
My father told me so
And he would never lie to me