In L.A. they love their cars Their muscles and their martini bars They love to tan, they love their Gucci Their Ray-Ban shades and eatin' sushi Over in Texas they love the cowboys From the big city bankers to the plowboys They love their Ribeyes, and ropin' steers Shootin' Jose Tequila and long neck beers World's apart for worse or for better The one thing that brings us together is Everybody wants love, love, love Everybody wants love Everybody needs love, love, love Everybody needs love Over in Nashville they love their country Eatin' biscuits and gravy on Sunday They love the Opry and George Jones Crankin' Sweet Home Alabama and The Rolling Stones New York, New York big as it gets They like to fight between the Yankees and the Mets Down the South they love their football The Bulldogs and the Longhorns and the Tennessee Vols World's apart for worse or for better The one thing that brings us together is Everybody wants love, love, love Everybody wants love Yeah everybody needs love, love, love Everybody needs love It makes this whole world turn 'round 'Cause everybody wants love, love, love Everybody wants love Yeah, won't you give me some love, love, love? Everybody needs love Everybody wants love, love, love Everybody wants love Oh yeah, don't you know we need love, love, love? Yeah everybody needs love