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If I Ruled the World
Words & Music by Leslie Bricusse & Cyril OrnadelRecorded by Tony Bennett, 1963
From "Picwick"
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If I ruled the world,
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Ev'ry day would be the first day of spring,
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Ev'ry heart would have a new song to sing,
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And we'd sing of the joy ev'ry morning would bring.
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If I ruled the world,
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Ev'ry man would be as free as a bird,
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Ev'ry voice would be a voice to be heard -
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Take my word, we would treasure each day that occurred.
Bridge:
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My world would be a beautiful place,
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Where we would weave such wonderful dreams;
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My world would wear a smile on its face,
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Like the man in the moon when the moon beams. *
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If I ruled the world,
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Ev'ry man would say the world was his friend,
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There'd be happiness that no man could end;
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No, my friend, not if I ruled the world.
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Ev'ry head would be held up high,
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There'd be sunshine in ev'ryone's sky,
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If the day ever dawned when I ruled the world.
* Here's another case where I just got used to singing it wrong. Bennett actually sings "Like the man in the moon HAS when the moon beams."
Transposed from a chart provided to me by a recent visitor, who asked to be identified only as another friend of good music.