What the World Needs Now Is Love

What the world needs now

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

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 want to 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 for everyone

No, not just for some

Oh, but just for everyone