As the sun Rose on the rim of eastern sky And this one World that we love was trying to die We said stand And sing out for a great hooray-o Your child may be the one to exclaim The emperor is naked today-o Four winds that blow Four thousand tongues, with the word: survive Four billion souls Striving today to stay alive We say stand And sing out for a great hooray-o Why don't we be the ones to exclaim The emperor is naked today-o Men - have failed Power has failed, with papered gold Shalom - salaam Will yet be a word where slaves were sold We say stand And sing out for a great hooray-o We yet may find the way to exclaim The emperor is naked today-o