HEY - YEAH
WONDERFUL WORLD, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
YOU AND YOUR GIRL THINGS COULD BE PRETTY
BUT UNDERNEATH THIS THERE IS A SECRET
THAT NOBODY CAN REVEAL
OEH OEH 
Take a look at the world - and the state that it's in today
I am shure you'll agree - we all could make it a better way
With our love - put together
Everybody learns to love each other

Instead of fussing and fighting
Cheating my body 
Scandalising and hating
Baby, we could have a

WONDERFUL WORLD, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
YOU AND YOUR GIRL THINGS COULD BE PRETTY
BUT UNDERNEATH THIS THERE IS A SECRET
THAT NOBODY CAN REVEAL

Yeah now
Man and woman, girl and boy
Let the fighter give a helping hand 
If I know and I 'm sure
That with love we ought to understand

Oh world, can't you see ?
Everybody wants to live and be free
Instead of tossing and fighting
Cheating my body 
Scandalising and hating
yeah, we could have a
WONDERFUL WORLD, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
YOU AND YOUR GIRL THINGS COULD BE PRETTY
BUT UNDERNEATH THIS THERE IS A SECRET
THAT NOBODY CAN REVEAL
Oeh oeh yeah now
WONDERFUL WORLD, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
YOU AND YOUR GIRL THINGS COULD BE PRETTY
WONDERFUL WORLD, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
WONDERFUL WORLD, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
WONDERFUL WORLD, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

(Jimmy Cliff) © Polygram Music