The personal note in these verses (author unidentified) gives force to
the advice they contain:
The world is waiting for somebody,
Waiting and watching to-day;
Somebody to lift up and strengthen,
Somebody to shield and stay.
Do you thoughtlessly question, “Who?”
’Tis you, my friend, ’tis you!
The world is waiting for somebody,
Somebody brave and strong,
With a helping hand, a generous heart,
With a gift of deed or song.
Do you doubtfully question, “Who?”
’Tis you, my friend, ’tis you!
The world is waiting for somebody,
The sad world bleak and cold,
When wan-faced children are watching
For hope in the eyes of the old.
Do you wond’ringly question, “Who?”
’Tis you, my friend, ’tis you!
The world is waiting for somebody,
And has been for years on years;
Somebody to soften its sorrows,
Somebody to heed its tears.
Then doubting question no longer, “Who?”
For, oh, my friend, ’tis you!
The world is waiting for somebody,
A deed of love to do;
Then up and hasten, everybody,
For everybody is you!
For everybody is you, my friend,
For everybody is you!
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