It Takes a Lot People

From the Album It Takes a Lot of People (Tribute to Woody Guthrie) and Songs for My Grandchildren

Some people work in the field.
Growing food; hope they always will.
Driving tractors in big rolling wheels.
It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.

It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.
It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.
Some are thin. Some are small. Some are big. Some are tall.
It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.

Some people work as a nurse.
Changing bedpans; how could life be worse.
Keeping other people from riding in a hearse.
It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.

It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.
It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.
Some are thin. Some are small. Some are big. Some are tall.
It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.

Some people work building cars.
Changing transmissions beneath the stars.
Thinking to themselves; isn’t life bizarre.
It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.

It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.
It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.
Some are thin. Some are small. Some are big. Some are tall.
It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.

Some are Zulu, Israeli; some are Lebanese.
Some are Russian, other’s Portuguese.
Choctaw, Creek, Anishinaabe.
It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.

It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.
It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.
Some are thin. Some are small. Some are big. Some are tall.
It takes a lot of people to make this world go round.

Words & Music by Larry Long
Copyright Larry Long 1989; renewed 2025 | BMI

*Lyrics collectively written with students from Little, Oklahoma.

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