![]() The whole point of the song is that no matter how bad things can be, just take a look around, admire the world for it's natural beauty and never lose hope for a wonderful future. His message was that despite everything going on, there is so much beauty in this world and so much hope for the children and their future. ![]() He was in no way ignoring the negative issues going on in the world around him. Americans were also living their lives pretty much certain that a a nuclear bomb was going to strike them at some point. When Louis Armstrong wrote and recorded this song America was segregated and racial tensions were still running VERY high. Dont know much about a science book, dont know much about the french. I see trees of green, red roses too/I see them bloom for me and you/And I think to myself what a wonderful world that’s the first verse, and it says more in 25 words than many songs say in. It's a wonderful world while people all over the world die of starvation and diseases, while corrupt politicians steal money and make bad decisions, while the oil begins to run out and the economy goes down, while new wars start, while we polute with radiation and greenhouse gasses that deplete our atmosphere. Dont know much about history, dont know much biology. However it's my favorite example of "Ignorance is Bliss". And bones cast in a little low dry garret, Rattled by the rat’s foot only, year to year. White bodies naked on the low damp ground. And on the king my father’s death before him. ![]() I saw this comment on page 1 and just felt compelled to respond to it: On a winter evening round behind the gashouse.
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