Serving maid or beggar man, their state is just the same No one takes the time to get to know them by their names Could it be that you and I might be the ones to blame? It's gonna take a lotta love to turn this world around Western nations keep on taking much more than their share They justify their selfish lives by pretending that they care How can they claim to remove the chains when they have put them there? It's gonna take a lotta love to turn this world around The rich keep getting richer, keep on taking from the poor They'll loan you fifty dollars and take back a hundred more Well, it's bound to make you feel depressed, it's bound to make you sore It's gonna take a lotta love to turn this world around They spend millions on new weapons in this modern age of man Who can land a man upon the Moon but still not give a damn About the starving children dying in a foreign land It's gonna take a lotta love to turn this world around In the pages of the sages, I've seen something great It won't be long till love will come and wipe away all hate Then perfect peace will make war cease, evil men will meet their fate And real love at last will turn this world around Well, you say until that day, "Is there something we can do?" Yes, you can receive the man who lived the golden rule Then do unto your neighbor like you'd wish he'd do to you It's gonna take a lotta love to turn this world around It's gonna take a lotta love to turn this world around It's gonna take a lotta love To turn this world around