What the world needs now is love, sweet love 
It's the only thing that there's just too little of 
What the world needs now is love, sweet love 
No, not just for some but for everyone 

Lord, we don't need another mountain 
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb 
And there are oceans and rivers enough to cross, enough 
to last 
Till the end of time 

What the world needs now is love, sweet love 
It's the only thing that there's just too little of 
What the world needs now is love, sweet love 
No, not just for some but for everyone 

Lord, we don't need another meadow 
There are cornfields and wheat fields enough to grow 
There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine 
Oh listen Lord if you wanna know 

What the world needs now is love, sweet love 
It's the only thing that there's just too little of 
What the world needs now is love, sweet love 
No, not just for some but just for everyone, everyone 

What the world needs now is love, sweet love 
What the world needs now is love, sweet love 
Sweet, sweet, sweet love 

What the world needs right about now is love, sweet 
love 
What the world needs now is love, sweet love 
What the world needs now is love, sweet love 

What the world needs now is love, sweet love 
It's the only thing that there's just too little of 
What the world needs now is love, sweet love 
No, not just for some, oh but just for everyone, 
everyone 

What the world needs now is love, sweet love 
It's the only thing that there's just too little of 
What the world needs now is love, sweet love