Since they banned the morning prayer in school it won't be but a breeze
til you can't say God bless you when you hear somebody sneeze.
How much longer will it be until some joker has the crust
to remove from U.S. currency the words "In God We Trust"?
What's this world a-coming to? What's this world a-coming to?
I don't know so I'm asking you. What's this world a-coming to?
Who can save us Brother Davis? What in sam-hill will we do?
I got a line from Sister Klein and Sisters worried too.
She's been stewing over stories she been reading in the press.
Will they take out "Under God" from Lincoln's Gettysburg address?
What's this world a-coming to? What's this world a-coming to?
I don't know so I'm asking you. What's this world a-coming to?
There are folks without a creed who'd love to bury 'neith the sun
those words in Pledge allegiance: One Nation Under God.
Lord forgive them, oh forgive them, for they know not what they do
when they ban the morning prayer in school to satisfy the few.
What's this world a-coming to? What's this world a-coming to?
I don't know so I'm asking you. What's this world a-coming to?
What's this world a-coming to? What's this world a-coming to?
I don't know so I'm asking you. What's this world a-coming to?