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 teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to hold it in my arms and keep it company
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"
(It's the real thing
What the world wants today
That's the way it'll stay
With the real thing
Peace and love (It's the real thing)
I'd like to teach the world to sing
What the world wants to sing
In perfect harmony (In perfect harmony)
A song of peace that echos on and never goes away
Put your hand in my hand
Let's begin today
With your hand in my hand
Help me find the way
I'd like to see the world for once
all standing hand in hand (Standing hand in hand)
And hear them echo through the hills for peace throughout the land (It's the real thing)
I'd like to teach the world to sing (What the world wants to sing)
In perfect harmony (In perfect harmony)
A song of peace that echos on and never goes away
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle doves
I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to hold it in my arms and keep it company
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"
(It's the real thing
What the world wants today
That's the way it'll stay
With the real thing
Peace and love (It's the real thing)
I'd like to teach the world to sing
What the world wants to sing
In perfect harmony (In perfect harmony)
A song of peace that echos on and never goes away
Put your hand in my hand
Let's begin today
With your hand in my hand
Help me find the way
I'd like to see the world for once
all standing hand in hand (Standing hand in hand)
And hear them echo through the hills for peace throughout the land (It's the real thing)
I'd like to teach the world to sing (What the world wants to sing)
In perfect harmony (In perfect harmony)
A song of peace that echos on and never goes away