Come down from Washington
Come down from Wall Street
Come down from Hollywood
Come in front of your back streets
Can we stop the double talk
Find peace without bitterness
Now's the time to get real
Come help, help clean up this mess
Can we save ourselves in time
When will we make up our minds
Can we enjoy what's left on earth
And not destroy what is worth
Human compassion's dying
Can we shake off the idleness
When will we fix what's wrong
Come help, help clean up this mess
Can we find the inspiration
And the strength to survive
Take an age-old dream for peace
And make it come alive
Let's wash away the madness
Clear our hearts and clean our hands
Come help, help clean up this mess
Let's wash away the madness
Come help, help clean up this mess
Can we stop the double talk




Come help, help clean up this mess
One day we'll see that it ain't forced
The truth that rules this world
Look past our differences
Start acting like big boys
and girls
Lift our sword in selfishness
Turn it back into care
Come help, help clean up this mess
Like those ancient heathens
We're betraying God's love
Now it's the love of
those boys and girls
that's blinding us
from the sky above
Oh, 20 centuries later
Still God's neither
honored nor blessed
If we'd all return to Him
I'm sure He'd
help clean up this mess
Help clean up this mess
Help clean up this mess
Help clean up this mess