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 clawing and climbing and kicking and screaming
And fighting, but really

What the world needs now is love
Love and only love
A little help from up above
A way to make a better day
Let's come together, lay our differences down
Spread it all around
That's what the world needs now

La da la da da

Sometimes all it takes is just a smile
To change somebody's weather chase the clouds out of the sky
Sometimes you got to give and not receive
Sometimes you got to live what you believe
Open your arm's 'cause that's where it starts
Right here with you and with me

What the world needs now is love
Love and only love
A little help from up above
A way to make a better day
Let's come together lay our differences down
Spread it all around
That's what the world needs now

Nobody likes the cold
We all need someone to hold
No one wants to be alone

What the world needs now is love
Love and only love
A little help from up above
A way to make a better day
Let's come together, lay our differences down
Spread it all around
(That's what the world needs now)

What the world needs now
(What the world needs now is love)
(Love and only love)
Love and only love
(A little help from up above)
(A way to make a better day)
Let's come together lay our differences down
Spread it all around
(That's what the world needs now)

What the world needs now
(What the world needs now is love)
(Love and only love)
Love and only love
(A little help from up above)
(A way to make a better day)
Let's come together lay our prejudices down