There's crime in the city streets,
Always trouble in the middle east:
How’d they let things get so out of hand?
Just watchin’ the evening news:
That would give anybody the blues.
The more I know, I think the less I understand. 

Oh, why can’t we all just get a long neck,
And make a toast to peace and harmony?
Why, why can’t we all just get a long neck,
And see how good getting along might be? 

I’d like buy the world a round,
In a honky tonk on neutral ground
Where we can see, inside we’re all the same.
Pop a top and let the good times pour,
Til we forget what we was fightin for.
I’ll ask again, can someone please explain? 

Why can’t we all just get a long neck,
And make a toast to peace and harmony?
Why, why can’t we all just get a long neck,
And see how good getting along might be? 
 [bad word] Break. 

As different as we may be,
We’re all one big family,
If we just agree,
We’re gonna disagree. 

Why can’t we all just get a long neck,
And make a toast to peace and harmony?
Why, why can’t we all just get a long neck,
And see how good getting along can be?
And see how good getting along could be?