Worldview Theme Songs

Music: Worldview Theme Songs

The Worldview Theme Songbook contains eighty-one songs--one for each of the eighty-one worldview themes the Project Worldview website is built around. The songs were written in an effort to get at the emotions behind the worldview themes. Thus the book is subtitled: Exploring the Feelings Behind Worldviews. While this book contains a great deal more than song lyrics, many people feel that these songs steal the show! The songs (based on popular favorites, with annotations / comments) will make you laugh, inspire you, comfort you, educate you, provoke you, and amaze you! The list below names the worldview theme, provides the title of the new song, and identities the original song title / writer / performer for the tune the new song lyrics can be sung to.

List of Worldview Theme Songs

for #1A Humbly Unsure

"The Doubt" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "The Weight" by The Band

for #1B Skepticism

"The House of Skepticism" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "The House of the Rising Sun" traditional / Alan Price / The Animals

for #2A The True Believer

"Something I Truly Believe" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Something" by George Harrison/The Beatles

for #2B I Know What’s Best for You

"She Knows Best" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "The Streets of Laredo" a traditional American cowboy ballad

for #3 Focused Vision

"If I Grieve Completely" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "She Smiled Sweetly" by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards / Rolling Stones

for #4 Global Vision

"Evolution Row" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Desolation Row" by Bob Dylan

for #5A Scientific Materialism

"Observe and Reason With Me" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" by Brown, Sutton, and Bennett / The Mamas and Papas

for #5B Vitalism

"I’m Not Alone" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "With God on Our Side" by Bob Dylan

for #6 Scientific Method

"Learn From Feedback, Mack" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Hit the Road, Jack" by Percy Mayfield performed by Ray Charles

for #7A Mysticism

"Words Get in the Way" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "The Games People Play" by Joe South

for #7B Magic

"Alter Consciousness" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "The Camptown Races" by Stephen Foster

for #8A Monotheism

"Spark! Creative Source of All" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" by Charles Wesley

for #8B Belief in a Personal God

"A Better Day" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Higher Ground" by Green, Agee, and Dorff / Barbra Streisand

for #9A Religious Fundamentalism

"O Holy Book" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "O Holy Night" by P.C. de Roquemaure

for #9B Apocalypticism

"Left Behind" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Paint It Black" by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards / Rolling Stones

for #10 Secular Humanism

"Rational World Dreaming" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "California Dreaming" by John and Michelle Phillips / The Mamas and Papas

for #11A Fatalism

"Fatalism" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Lodi" by John Fogerty / Credence Clearwater Revival

for #11B Free Will

"Hymn #11: Kill With Free Will" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of a medley of "Hymn #42" and "Thick as a Brick" by Ian Anderson / Jethro Tull

for #12 Artistic Orientation

"Artist Suffering" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Tuesday Afternoon" by Justin Hayward / The Moody Blues

for #13 Dancing With Systems

"Dancing With Systems" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Under the Boardwalk" by Resnick & Young / The Drifters

for #14A Moralistic God

"Moralistic God" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Lying Eyes" by Don Henley and Glenn Fry / Eagles

for #14B Reincarnation

"Reincarnation" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "My Generation" by Pete Townshend / The Who

for #15 The Collective Cognitive Imperative

"Come My Way" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Let It Be" by Lennon & McCartney / The Beatles

for #16 The Golden Rule, Village Ethic of Mutual Help

"Honoring the Golden Rule" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen

for #17A Bitterness & Vengeance

"When Justice is Finally Done" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" by Patrick Gilmore

for #17B Gratitude and Forgiveness

"Grateful" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "My Girl" by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White / The Temptations

for #18A Passionately Impulsive

"Oh My Darling Cheryl Ann" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Oh My Darling Clementine" (traditional)

for #18B Dispassionate

"Sail With Serenity" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "After the Gold Rush" by Neil Young

for #19A Economic Individualism

"Free Markets" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Wild Horses" by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards/Rolling Stones

for #19B Corporate Capitalism

"From the Home of Corporate Giants" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "From the Land of Sky Blue Water—Hamm’s the Beer Refreshing" words by N. Eberhart, music by C.Wakefield Cadman

for #20A Elitism

"Among the Elite" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "They Can’t Take That Away From Me" by George Gershwin / Billie Holiday

for #20B Authoritarianism

"Respect Our Authority, Our Party the CPC" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Big Brother" by David Bowie

for #21A Populism

"The People Yes My Friend" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "God Bless America" by Irving Berlin / Kate Smith

for #21B Service to Others

"Hey Help Us Out Pal" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Hey Look Me Over" by C. Leigh, Cy Coleman / Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney

for #22A Expansionism (Economic)

"Economic Growth Will Lift Us All" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Stairway to Heaven" by James Patrick, Robert Plant / Led Zepplin

for #22B Imperialism

"The Man Who Would Be King" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Pinball Wizard" by Pete Townshend / The Who

for #23A Sustainability

"The Earth Can Stand Tall" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele, L.B. and Epworth, P.R. / Adele

for #23B Enoughness

"Living Life Simply" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Killing Me Softly" by Gimbell and Fox / Roberta Flack

for #24 Struggling With a Basic Need: Sustenance

"The Long Night of Our Discontent" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by Robbie Robertson / The Band

for #25 Anthropocentrism

"Wise Use" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Proud Mary" by John Fogerty / Credence Clearwater Revival

for #26A Consumerism

"What I Buy" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Sharp Dressed Man" by Beard, Hill and Gibbons / ZZ Top

for #26B The More is Better Mentality

"Bigger is Better" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "A Day in the Life" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney / The Beatles

for #27 Belonging to Nature

"Amazing Place" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Amazing Grace" by John Newton / traditional

for #28A Hedonistic Orientation

"I Want to Live" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Ain’t We Got Fun" by Richard Whiting, Raymond Egan, Gus Kahn / Billy Jones

for #28B Healthy Orientation

"Good Health" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Your Song" by Bernie Taupin / Elton John

for #29A The Self-Restrained Person

"Use Restraint" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "You’re So Vain" by Carly Simon

for #29B The Threatening Person

"You Use Fear and I Pay" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi, Child, and Sambora / Bon Jovi

for #30 Intellectual Freedom

"The Lifelong Learning Parade" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of a medley of "The Fool on the Hill" and "The Magical Mystery Tour" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney / The Beatles

for #31 Education for Democracy

"Strengthen Democracy" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" / Samuel Francis Smith / Thomas Arne

for #32 Valuing Human Rights

"Human Rights" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Glory Days" by Jack Allsopp / Bruce Springsteen

for #33A Servitude

"Sixteen Johns" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Sixteen Tons" by Merle Travis / Tennessee Ernie Ford

for #33B Addiction

"Living Best We Can With Addiction" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Living for the City" by Stevie Wonder

for #34 Valuing Traditions and Status Quo

"When Our Days on Earth Are Done" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune "Wild Montana Skies" by John Denver / performed by John Denver, Emmy Lou Harris

for #35A Self Reliant Nonconformity

"Self Reliance Matters" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune "Nothing Else Matters" by Cox, Battey S., Battey C., Palacios, Clark / Metallica

for #35B Working for Change

"Be Change" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Dream On" by Steven Tyler / Aerosmith

for #36A Cynicism

"Cynicism Grows" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Anything Goes" by Cole Porter

for #36B Conspiracism

"Ballad of a Fat Conspiracy" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Ballad of A Thin Man" by Bob Dylan

for #37A Proud Identification

"Proud to be Anatolian…Armenian…Athenian" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Proud to be An American" by Lee Greenwood

for #37B Global Citizen

"Imagine An Election" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Imagine" by John Lennon

for #38 Valuing Family

"Jean, My Mother in Law" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Mother in Law" by Allen Toussaint / Ernie K Doe

for #39A Tough Love

"You Can’t Always Say What You Want" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "You Can’t Always Get What You Want" by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards / Rolling Stones

for #39B Scapegoating

"Dirt’s My Name" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of a medley of "Sympathy for the Devil" and (chorus only) "Jumping Jack Flash" by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards/Rolling Stones

for #40 Environmental Economics

"The Battle Hymn of New Economics" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" by William Steffe / Julia Ward Howe / traditional

for #41 Struggling With a Basic Need: Self Esteem

"Me and Myself" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Nights in White Satin" by Justin Hayward/The Moody Blues

for #42 Ethical Orientation

"Ethical Man" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Piano Man" by Billy Joel

for #43 Seeking Wealth and Power

"Give My Regards to Wall Street" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Give My Regards to Broadway" by George M. Cohan / James Cagney

for #44A Sanctity and Dignity of Life

"Momma, Love Me" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Landslide" by Stevie Nicks / Fleetwood Mac

for #44B Animal Rights

"Expecting to Die" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Expecting to Fly" by Neil Young / The Buffalo Springfield

for #45A Borrowing Mentality

"Credit Card" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Different Drum" by Michael Nesmith / Linda Ronstadt

for #45B Work Hard, Pay As You Go

"Pay As You Go" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Stand By Your Man" by Billy Sherrill / Tammy Wynette

for #46A The Technological Fix Mentality

"Technology Runaway" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of a medley of "Runaround Sue" by Ernie Maresca and Dion DiMucci and (last three verses) Runaway by Del Shannon

for #46B Militarism

"Tough and Strong" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

Sung to the tune of "Caissons Go Rolling Along" by Edmund L. Gruber / John Philip Sousa

for #47A Attitudinal Fix

"Stingy" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Cloudy" by Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel

for #47B Pacifism

"We Gotta Bring An End to War" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of We Gotta Get Out of This Place by Cooper, Ezrin, Hood / The Animals

for #48 The Co-operative, Decentralized Society Advocate

"Take Me to the Food Co-op" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" by Jack Norworth, Albert Von Tilzer

for #49A Social Welfare Statism

"Building The Common Welfare" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by N. Whitfield and B. Strong / Marvin Gaye

for #49B Socialism

"A Socialist Economy (The Fight Continues)" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Happy Christmas (The War is Over)" by John Lennon / John Lennon and Yoko Ono

for #50A Libertarian

"Live and Let Live" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Peaceful, Easy Feeling" by Jack Tempchin / The Eagles

for #50B Left Anarchist

"To Get Justice" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Rough Justice" by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards / Rolling Stones

for #51 Ethical Globalization

"Patience At Its Limit" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Take It To The Limit" by Henley, Meisner, and Frey / The Eagles

for #52 Independent Living for the Sick or Disabled

"Caring Respect" with lyrics written by Project Worldview's Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of "Seventy Six Trombones" by Meredith Wilson (from The Music Man)

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