I've got a very simple philosophy

It seldom stands me in good stead

But even though there are some who agree

It is the right way let is spread:



It's better to believe and be wrong

Than to suspect and be right

It's better to believe and be wrong

Than to suspect and be right

It's better to believe and be wrong

Than to suspect and be right

It's better to believe, to believe.



Somebody told me they saw Mary Jane

Walkin' with a guy she loved before she met me

And you might ask would I trust her again

And my reply would certainly be:



It's better to believe and be wrong

Than to suspect and be right

It's better to believe and be wrong

Than to suspect and be right

It's better to believe and be wrong

Than to suspect and be right

It's better to believe, to believe.



It's better to believe what you know the situation ought to be

It's better to believe than to go on findin' faults in everyone you see

Who you see.



And so my simple philosophy

Points at the politician and the soldier's gun

And I would say that the world might be

A safer place without suspicion.



It's better to believe and be wrong

Than to suspect and be right

It's better to believe and be wrong

Than to suspect and be right

It's better to believe and be wrong

Than to suspect and be right

It's better to believe, to believe.



It's better to believe, to believe

It's better to believe, to believe

La la la la.