I'd like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow white turtle doves
I'd like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand
And hear them echo through the hills
For peace throughout the land
I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
We still need it like we did
In nineteen seventy three
That's the song I hear
What the world needs today