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What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John Lyrics By Tom Clay

    adult child
    what is segregation
    i don’t know what seggeration is
    what is bigotry
    i don’t know what biggery is
    what does hatred mean
    i don’t know what that is
    what is prejudice
    hmm i think its when someones sick

    rise and shine boys
    one two three four one two three four

    one
    get your head up
    two
    lower your shoulders down
    three
    get your heads up
    four
    lower your shoulders down
    one two three four
    one two three four

    i don’t know what i believe
    i don’t know what i believe
    i’ll be on my christmas leave
    i’ll be on my christmas leave
    sound off
    one two
    sound off
    three four
    south off
    one two three four
    one two three four

    anybody here seen my old friend john
    can you tell me where he’s gone

    radio exert
    were at the trademark the motorcade is coming by here i can see many many motorcycles coming by now police motorcycles just heard a call on the radio for all units along industrial to pick up the
    motorcade somethings happened here we understand there has been a shooting the presidential car coming up now we know it’s the presidential car we can see mrs kennedy’s pink suit there’s a secret service man spread eagle over the top of the car we understand governor and mrs connolly are in the car with president and mrs kennedy we can’t see who has been hit if anybody’s been hit but apparently something is wrong here something is terribly wrong i am behind the motorcade now and as you probably notice they’re going to parkland hospital

    radio exert
    we interrupt this program to bring you a special bulletin dallas texas the flash apparently official
    president john f kennedy died at pm central standard time

    anybody here seen my old friend martin
    can you tell me where he’s gone

    radio exert
    we’ve got some difficult days ahead but it doesn’t really matter
    with me now because i’ve been to the mountain top and i mind like anybody i would like to live

    radio exert 4
    no one can be certain who next will suffer from senseless act of bloodshed

    anybody here seen my old bobby
    can you tell me where he’s gone

    radio exert 5
    mayor has just send me a message that we’ve been here too long already so uh my thanks to all of you and now it’s onto chicago and lets win this thank you

    radio exert 6
    senator kennedy has been senator kennedy has been shot is that possible oh my god senator kennedy has been shot johnson has a hold of the man who apparently has fired the shot get the gun get the gun get the gun stay away from the gun his hand is frozen take a hold of his thumb and break it if you have to get his thumb alright that’s right rapper get the gun rapper hold him hold him we don’t want another oswald

    radio exert 7
    like it or not we live in ties of uncertainty that is the way he lived that is what he leaves us my brother need not be idolized or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life be remember simply as a good and decent man saw wrong and tried to right it saw suffering and tried to heal it this whole war he tried to stop those of us who loved him and who take him to his rest today pray that what he was to us what he wished for others will someday come to pass for all the world as he said many times in many parts of this nation those he touched and who saw to touch him some men see things as they are and say why i dream things that never were and say why not

    4
    what the world needs now
    is love sweet love
    no not just for some but for everyone

    adult child
    what is segregation
    i don’t know what seggeration is
    what is bigotry
    i don’t know what biggery is
    what does hatred mean
    i don’t know what that is
    what is prejudice
    hmm i think its when someones sick

    what is segregation
    i don’t know what seggeration is
    what is bigotry
    i don’t know what biggery is
    what does hatred mean
    i don’t know what that is
    what is prejudice
    hmm i think its when someones sick

    rise and shine boys
    one two three four one two three four

    anybody here seen my old friend john can you tell me where he’s
    gone

    were at the trademark the motorcade is coming by here i can see many
    many motorcycles coming
    by now police motorcycles just heard a call on the radio for all
    units along industrial to pick up the
    motorcade
    somethings happened here we understand there has been a shooting the
    presidential car coming up
    now we know its the presidential car we can see mrs kennedys pink
    suit there’s a secret service
    man spread eagle over the top of the car we understand governor and
    mrs connolly are in the car
    with president and mrs kennedy
    we can’t see who has been hit if anybody’s been hit but apparently
    something is wrong here
    something is terribly wrong i am behind the motorcade now and as you
    probably notice they’re
    going to parkland hospital

    we interrupt this program to bring you a special bulletin dallas
    texas the flash apparently official
    president john f kennedy died at pm central standard time

    anybody here seen my old friend martin can you tell me where he’s
    gone
    he has freed a lot of people but it seems the good they die young

    we’ve got some difficult days ahead but it doesn’t really matter
    with me now because i’ve been to the
    mountain top and i

    Artist: Tom Clay

    Year: 1971

    Decade: 70s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 512