When the world was in trouble And it looked like there was hell to pay Fire, fire everywhere And the news got worse each day Well, people really wondered Just how long they could hold out God looked down from heaven above And He began to shout Let there be music Let it shine like the sun Let there be music Everybody's got to have some fun, yeah It's so hard to keep on smilin' When people try to make you frown But, we're all in this together So why run one another down You know we can't expect our problems To grow wings and fly away So fight the fight just as hard as you can When it's time for you to play Let there be music Let it shine like the sun Let there be music Everybody's got to have some fun Let there be music Let it shine like the sun Let there be music Everybody's got to Everybody's got to have some fun Let there be music Let it shine like the sun Let there be music Everybody's got to have some fun