What the World Needs

[Verse 1]

I look around at all the faces and I see

All the lonely people looking back at me

Rich, poor, don't matter, we're all the same

Everybody's hungry in a different way

We're clawin' and climbin' and kickin' and screamin' and fightin', but really

[Chorus]

What the world needs now is love

Love and only love

A little help from up above

Faith to make a better day

Let's come together, lay our differences down

Spread it all around

That's what the world needs now

[Post-Chorus]

La, la, la, la, la

[Verse 2]

Sometimes all it takes is just a smile

To change somebody's weather

Chase the clouds out of their sky

Or sometimes you gotta give and not receive

Sometimes you gotta live what you believe

Open your arms 'cause that's where it starts

Right here with you and with me

[Chorus]

What the world needs now is love

Love and only love

A little help from up above

Faith to make a better day

Let's come together, lay our differences down

Spread it all around

'Cause that's what the world needs now

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

Nobody likes the cold

We all need someone to hold

No one wants to be alone

[Chorus]

What the world needs now is love

Love and only love

A little help from up above

Faith to make a better day

Let's come together, lay our differences down

Spread it all around

(That's what the world)

(What the world needs now is love) What the world needs now is love

(Love and only love) Love and only love

A little help from up above

Faith to make a better day

Let's come together, lay our differences down

(Spread it all around) Spread it all around

(That's what the world)

(What the world needs now is love) What the world needs now

(Love and only love) Love and only love

A little help from up above

Faith to make a better day

Let's come together, lay our prejudices down

Spread it all around