Jerry Herman — Dear World

[COUNTESS AURELIA] Someone has wounded you, dear world Someone has poisoned you, dear world And those who love you defiantly insist That you get off that critical list So make your recovery quick, world We're sick of having a sick world We want you dancing tomorrow afternoon So be a dear world Rip the bandage off, dear world Take the stitches out, dear world And get well soon [ENSEMBLE & COUNTESS] Please take your medicine, dear world Please make your fever break, dеar world Your vim and vigor are very sorely missеd Help us declare you "Patient dismissed" And stand on your crutches with pride, world You've gotta save your own hide, world We're not quite ready to trade you for the moon So be a dear world Take the ambulance here, world Have the surgery, dear world And get well soon [ENSEMBLE] This we can promise, world This we assure you, world If we can nurse you, world Then we can cure you, world Someone has beaten you, dear world Someone has blinded you, dear world And so we beg you to take this all to heart Kill the infection, cut out the growth And here's from the whole human race, world You're not a terminal case, world We're not quite ready to trade you for the moon So be a dear world Dear world Dear world And get well soon Make your recovery quick, world We're sick of having a sick world We want you dancing tomorrow afternoon So be a dear world Dear world Dear world And get well soon Someone has beaten you, dear world Someone has blinded you, dear world And those who love you defiantly insist That you get off that critical list And here's from the whole human race, world You're not a terminal case, world We're not quite ready to trade you for the moon So be a dear world Dear world Dear world And get well soon