If
love ruled the world
Then hate could not exist
And our little problems will
soon be solved
With a handshake or a kiss
Oh, if love were a world where wars could never,
never be
Then every mother's child
could be home
Instead of fighting across
the sea
And there'd be no more
cheating in life
No,
Lord, and fighting among one another,
no, no
And every man should learn how to
respect his fellow man
And maybe we'll learn how to
treat our brothers and our sisters
If love were real,
what a wonderful world this would be
Then I wouldn't do nothing
to hurt you
And you'd feel the same way, too
Oh
Lord, if love, love ruled the world
There would be peace in the valley,
I know
And I do believe that the mighty lion
will lie down beside the lamb
Oh
Lord, the beast of the wild will
be led by a little child
Oh
Lord, I know that black and white will walk
down the street hand in hand
you