It happened just this morning.
I was walking down the street.
The milkman and the postman
and policeman I did meet.
There in every window,
at every single door,
I recognized people
I’d never noticed before.

REFRAIN:
Up, Up with people.
You meet them wherever you go.
Up, Up with people.
They’re the best kind of folks we know.
If more people were for people,
all people everywhere,
there’d be a lot less people to worry about,
and a lot more people who care.
There’d be a lot less people to worry about,
and a lot more people who care.

People from the south-land,
and people from the north,
like a mighty army
I saw them coming forth.
Twas a great reunion,
befitting of a King.
Then I realized people
were more important than things.

REFRAIN:
Up, Up with people.
You meet them wherever you go.
Up, Up with people.
They’re the best kind of folks we know.
If more people were for people,
all people everywhere,
there’d be a lot less people to worry about,
and a lot more people who care.
There’d be a lot less people to worry about,
and a lot more people who care.

Inside everybody
there’s some bad and there’s some good,
but don’t let anybody
start attacking peoplehood.
Love them as they are,
but fight for them to be,
great men and great women,
as God meant them to be.

REFRAIN:
Up, Up with people.
You meet them wherever you go.
Up, Up with people.
They’re the best kind of folks we know.
If more people were for people,
all people everywhere,
there’d be a lot less people to worry about,
and a lot more people who care.
There’d be a lot less people to worry about,
and a lot more people who care.