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Jad Fair – What the World Needs Now (2001) | Track profile | Dork

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Jad Fair
It’s Spooky
What the World Needs Now

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What the World Needs Now

Release date: 2001

From It’s Spooky

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About This Track

"What the World Needs Now" is a track by Jad Fair, from the album It’s Spooky, released 2001. Full lyrics are available below.

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Jad Fair

Jad Fair

Lyrics

What the World Needs Now

What the world needs now is love, sweet love

It's the one thing that there's just too little of

What the world needs now is love, sweet love

It's the one thing that there's just too little of

Lord knows we've got enough pornography

There is X-rated theaters everywhere

Lord knows we've got enough crack houses

There are crack houses on every block

What the world needs now is love, sweet love

It's the one thing that there's just too little of

What the world needs now is love, sweet love

It's the one thing that there's just too little of

Lord knows we've got enough heavy metal bands

Seems like the whole world is bowing down to Satan

Lord knows we've got enough devil-worshippers

There are secret cults in every town

What the world needs now is love, sweet love

It's the one thing that there's just too little of

What the world needs now is love, sweet love

It's the one thing that there's just too little of

Lord knows we've got enough wars

They have filled the graveyards, no vacancy

Lord knows we've got enough atomic bombs

They could blow up the earth three times

What the world needs now is love, sweet love

It's the one thing that there's just too little of

What the world needs now is love, sweet love

It's the one thing that there's just too little of

The world needs love

The world needs love

The world needs love

The world needs love

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Track details

From It’s Spooky

2001

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Album

Release year

2001

—I Met Roky Erickson
—Hands of Love
—Nothing Left
—Happy Talk
—Oh Honey
—Frankenstein Vs. the World
—First Day at Work
—Summertime
—Villain
—Tongues Wag in This Town
—What I've Seen
—Tomorrow Never Knows
—A Vow of Love
—Chords of Fame
—I Did Acid with Caroline
—If I'd Only Known
—Kicking the Dog
—It's Spooky
—McDonalds on the Brain
—Ostrich
—Memphis Tennessee
—Sweet Loafed
—Something's Got a Hold on Me
—The Making of the Album
—When Love Calls
—What the World Needs Now
—Comes Back

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