Whole wide world

There's a man outside and he's screaming that the elephants are trampling his father in his sleep
There's a girl outside and she's screaming that the world's on fire today

There's a man inside and he's screaming for his noon time pills at 9 A.M.
There's a girl outside who's screaming at the whole wide world one year at a time.

I'm trying so hard to keep my eyes still
Against the whole wide world
(To make her love me)
Whitfield was my world today
(Love me)
Against the whole wide world
('Cause she won't love me)
Whitfield was my world

There's a man inside and he's screaming that his father was never there
There's a girl outside and she's screaming at the whole wide world one day at a time
There's a boy inside and he's holding a picture up to his head
There's a girl outside who's screaming that the world's on fire today

The world's on fire...