(原詩)

Why can't folks get along
With one another
'Cause Jesus said you
Got to love your brother
No one seems to notice
All the evil in the air
No one seems to really
Give a damn if it is there,

What's this world coming to?
Hope for love,
Come on through, come on through
I said people finally
Get them together
Making life, a whole lot better

Some folks got a lot and
Some are hungry
Well I said some folks
Got to live from day to day
Rich folks spending time
Just counting money
Poor folks really ain't got
Much to say, ain't got much to say

What's this world coming to?
Hope for love,
Come on through, come on through
I said my people finally
Get them together
Making life well a whole lot better

What's this world coming to?
What's this world coming to?
What's this world coming to?
What's this world coming to?
What's this world coming to?
What's this world coming to?

People got to
Get their thing together
Ain't no time to lose
Just time to die
All of us can make this world
A better place to be
All of us can feel how good
It feels to be free

What's this world coming to?
Hope for love,
Come on through, me and you
People finally get them together
Making life a whole lot better