Why Can't We Be Happy

[Verse 1]

I'm so full of love yet I'm sad every day

How can we keep on livin' this way?

Now, we are in a war, people are dyin' every day

With a little love, it will all fade away

[Chorus 1]

Can't we all be happy, the way it used to be?

Love one another and let this world be free

[Verse 2]

Hippies in the streets, they're learnin' how to roam

And the Black folks are in the ghetto, they're even burnin' their homes

But they are tryin' to get a message for the whole world to see

How happy we all could be if we all were free

[Chorus 2]

So, why can't we be happy, the way it used to be?

Love one another and let this world be free

[Verse 3]

People are hatin' more and more every day

Understandin' is slowly gettin' farther away

Now, what's gonna happen when it all comes to a head?

There'll be no world to live in 'cause we'll all be dead

[Chorus 2]

So, why can't we be happy, the way it used to be?

Love one another and let this world be free