Grandpa said to cousin jed   Sittin' on the porch,   "i won't retire    But i might retread      Seems like that guy singin' this song   Been doin' it for a long time   Is there anything he knows   That he ain't said?      Sing a song for freedom   Sing a song for love   Sing a song for depressed angels   Falling from above"      Grandpa held the paper   Pretendin' he could see   But he couldn't read without his glasses on      "how can all these people   Afford so many things?   When i was young   People wore what they had on...and mama said      'a little love and affection   In everything you do   Will make the world a better place   With or without you'"      A little love and affection   In everything you do       Slammin' down a late night shot   The hero and the artist compared   Goals and visions and afterthoughts   For the 21st century      But mostly came up with nothin'   So the truth was never learned   And the human race just kept rollin' on      Rollin' through the fighting   Rollin' through the religious wars   Rollin' down the temple walls   And the church's exposed sores      Rollin' through the fighting   The religious wars   Mostly came up with nothin'      "grandpa here's your glasses   You'll see much better now,"   Said that young girl of edith and earl's   But grandpa just kept starin'   He was lost in some distant thought   Then he turned and said    To that young girl      "a little love and affection   In everything you do   Will make the world a better place   With or without you"      With or without you   A better place   With or without you   With or without you      Hear that rooster crowin'   Down on the double e   It's a new morning   Dawning on the green      Bouncing off the towers   And the sun's heading down for the streets   The business meeting   Window shades are drawn      Another morning edition   Headed for the porch   Because grandma puts down the paper   Before grandpa raises his fork      A little love and affection   In everything you do   With or without you      Hear the rooster crowing    Down on the double e