Pieces of the Whole
What Kim can do in Katmandu,
Ken can do in Kankakee.
What Tim can do in Timbuktu,
Tess can do in Tennessee.
Scaling up Mt. Everest,
Or surfing in the Tasman Sea.
Wrestling with a wallaroo,
Or boxing with a wallaby.
Now, if your name is Anna,
And you live in San Jose,
Or if they call you Perry,
And you make your home in Paraguay,
It really doesn't matter
Who, or where, or what you are.
A Bedouin on a camel,
Or a fat cat, in a chauffeured car.
No matter where your home is,
Or what may be your name,
We are, everyone, quite different,
Yet, everyone, the same.
We're in this thing together,
From black to white, from he to she.
Rich, or poor, or in between,
I'm part of you, and you're part of me.
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