What the World Needs Now Is Love

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What the world needs now

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Is love, sweet love;

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It’s the on-ly thing

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That there’s just too lit-tle of.

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What the world needs now

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Is love, sweet love,

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No, not just for some

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but for ev-ry-one.

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Lord, we don’t need an-oth-er moun-tain,

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There are moun-tains and

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hill-sides e-nough to climb;

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There are o-ceans and riv-ers

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e-nough to cross, e-nough to last;

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till the end of time.

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No, not just for some,

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Oh, but just for ev-r-r-y-one.

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Lord, we don’t need another meadow,
There are cornfields and wheatfields enough to grow;
There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine,
Oh, listen, Lord, you already know