The World Just Gets Smaller

And I built my house, I built it on a hill
So I could see my enemy from all directions
But I was scared to leave and I was scared to stay
'Cause it's one big world when no one knows your name

But with the meeting of our hands (the world just gets smaller)
We feel the same, we understand (the world just gets smaller)
Without the hate inside our hearts (the world just gets smaller)
We'll never split this world apart

So I wandered down to where my neighbor lives
'Cause I was lonely for a new companion
But he would not look at me 'cause I was not like him
'Cause it's one big world when faces turn away

But with the meeting of our hands (the world just gets smaller)
We feel the same, we understand (the world just gets smaller)
Without the hate inside our hearts (the world just gets smaller)
We'll never split this world apart. (the world just gets smaller)

Just keep 'em all in one place
No welcome for a strange face
Teeth shining under lips' curl
Sometimes it's such a big, big world

And I gathered sticks and I gathered stones
So I could throw them out to show that I was stronger
But I was scared to use them and I was scared to let them go
'Cause it's one big world when each man stands alone

But with the meeting of our hands (the world just gets smaller)
We feel the same, we understand (the world just gets smaller)
Without the hate inside our hearts (the world just gets smaller)
We'll never split this world apart (the world just gets smaller)

'Cause it's one big world when no one knows your name (the world just gets smaller)
And it's one big world when faces turn away (the world just gets smaller)
And it's one big world when each man stands alone (the world just gets smaller)
And it's one big world when no place feels like home (the world just gets smaller)

The world just gets smaller
The world just gets smaller
The world just gets smaller
The world just gets smaller
The world just gets smaller