What the World Needs Now Burt Bacharach, Jackie DeShannon (#7 in 1965), Dionne Warwick, Tom Clay (#8 in 1971)

            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 ev'ryone.

 
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.
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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.
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