China's growing fast and it needs more steel
India's growing fast and it needs it too
what they gonna do when the price gets higher
what they gonna do? They'll take it from you
There aint much steel, There aint much steel
what you gonna do when there aint enough
There aint much steel, There aint much steel
What you gonna do when the going gets tough

There's a lot of folks in India and they need to eat
There's even more in China and they gotta eat too
Every day now the price of corn is higher
How they gonna eat? There gonna take it from you
There aint much corn, there aint much corn
what you gonna do when there aint enough
There aint much corn, There aint much corn
What you gonna do when the going gets tough

In China and in India they wanna drive cars
They want central heating so they need oil too
We've passed peak oil so its downhill all the way
So when the price of oil doubles what you gonna do?
There's much less oil, There's much less oil
what you gonna do when there aint enough
There's much less oil, There's much less oil
what you gonna do when there aint enough

There's drought in India, and the water table's falling
And the Gobi desert's growing every day too
Without irrigation you cant grow the crops
So what's gonna happen when there aint enough for you?
There aint much water, there aint much water
what you gonna do when there aint enough
There aint much water, there aint much water
what you gonna do when there aint enough