The world is a beautiful place br to be born into br if you don't mind happiness br not always being br so very much fun br if you don't mind a touch of hell br now and then br just when everything is fine br because even in heaven br they don't sing br all the time br br The world is a beautiful place br to be born into br if you don't mind some people dying br all the time br or maybe only starving br some of the time br which isn't half bad br if it isn't you br br Oh the world is a beautiful place br to be born into br if you don't much mind br a few dead minds br in the higher places br or a bomb or two br now and then br in your upturned faces br or such other improprieties br as our Name Brand society br is prey to br with its men of distinction br and its men of extinction br and its priests br and other patrolmen br br and its various segregations br and congressional investigations br and other constipations br that our fool flesh br is heir to br br Yes the world is the best place of all br for a lot of such things as br making the fun scene br and making the love scene br and making the sad scene br and singing low songs and having inspirations br and walking around br looking at everything br and smelling flowers br and goosing statues br and even thinking br and kissing people and br making babies and wearing pants br and waving hats and br dancing br and going swimming in rivers br on picnics br in the middle of the summer br and just generally br 'living it up' br Yes br but then right in the middle of it br comes the smiling br br morticianbr br Lawrence Ferlinghettibr br