If you want something done right, just forget it.
If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum.
Half the world cries Half the world laughs Half the world tries To be the other half
Look in, look the storm in the eye. Look out, to the sea and the sky. Look around, at the sight and sound. Look in, look out, look around.
Half the world hates What half the world does every day Half the world waits While half gets on with it anyway
I am a big fan of Dos Passos' stylistic ability, his poetic approach to prose, but the ideas presented in the songs are quite different from those which he exemplified.