Oh yeah, I’ll tell you something I think you’ll understand
When I’ll say that something, I wanna hold your hand
I wanna hold your hand, I wanna hold your hand
Take a look at yourself, and you can look at others diff’rently
Put your hand in the hand of the man from Galilee
Elixir of laughter seeps from the whim
Of a man distant from misery
Removed from treachery
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven, you can justify it in the end.
You put this in me
So now what, so now what?
Wanting, needing, waiting
For you to justify my love
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
I’ll give you all I got to give if you say you’ll love me too
I may not have a lot to give but what I got I’ll give to you
I don’t care too much for money, money can’t buy me love
I walked away, now remember me lover
I told you lies, now remember me lover
I took your money, remember me lover
I ruined your life, now remember me lover
If you read the history books you’ll see the same things happen again and again
Repeat repeat short memory they’ve all got it
When are we going to play it again
Got a short, got a short, got a short, got a short memory…
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow
When some cold tomorrow finds you
When some sad old dream reminds you
How the endless road unwinds you
While you see a chance take it
Chances are, 'cause I wear that silly grin
The moment you come into view
Chances are you think that I’m in love with you
How unintentional, a random whim
Coincidental, a shallow thing
Home-it’s so far away now
Pure chance
It’s so far, it’s so far away now
Everybody at your party
They don’t look depressed
Everybody dressin’ funny
Color me impressed
Clean shirt, new shoes, and I don’t know where I am goin’ to
Silk suit, black tie, I don’t need a reason why
They come runnin’ just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man
He wears tan shoes with pink shoelaces
A polka dot vest and man, oh, man
Tan shoes with pink shoelaces
And a big Panama with a purple hat band
Black Coat, White Shoes, Black Hat, Cadillac, yeah, the boy’s a time bomb.
Her long blonde hair
Falling down across her arms
Hiding all the lady’s charms
Comb out your long blonde hair
We’ll ride the waves till someone wakes us
They called you the hyacinth girl
White flower alone in the woods
I wanna live with a cinnamon girl
I could be happy the rest of my life
With a cinnamon girl