What a Wonderful World

"What a Wonderful World" is a beloved song that has been remade by countless numbers of artists in the world. It seems to gain its fame, because of the lyrics and how it inspired many people's hope and wish for peace. Louis Armstrong may have sung this song too, as he was in awe of the world that he lived in. Ironically, he lived in an era when many wars happened. It has been almost a half century since this song was first recorded, but we need to ask ourselves, do we live in a wonderful world? Did we see any improvement?

The song contains a simple description of the world. It is somewhat obvious that trees are green and roses red. The lyric of the song is rather simple and ordinary. What is the meaning behind the lyric? Maybe, the era that the song writer and Louis Armstrong lived in did not have green tress or red roses, because of countless numbers of war. Something so ordinary as green trees, red roses, and blue skies did not exist in their era, because of war. The song becomes a hope and an imagination for the writer, singer, and the listeners. Everyone who sings this song becomes a believer of such utopia that is not extraordinary, but ordinary. Only they were not even allowed to experience the ordinary things.

We need to ask ourselves, are we taking care of the world that we call home? Although we are able to see these things more in our era, there are many parts of the world, where these are still not allowed. And if the origin of war is not resolved, everyone in the world would not be able to experience this wonderful world that Armstrong sings and describes as simple and ordinary.

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

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.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white

The bright blessed the day, the dark sacred night

And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces of people going by

I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do

But they're really saying is I love you.

I hear baby's crying and I watched them grow

They'll learn much more than I'll ever know

And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Yes, I think to myself what a wonderful world.