We've got to stop this fighting
Bring our love out of hiding
Take a good long look at what
we're doing to ourselves
Our tempers, get shorter
Girl, don't you think we oughta
Clean up, the house in order
Or go live someplace else
We can't go on
Living life we are
We won't get far, oh,
when we'll show the stars
What it is, what it is
We've got to have
The meaning of the mind
Together
Oh, baby
What it is, what it is
We've got to have
The meaning of the heart
Forever
We, we got to start believin'
It's only us we've been deceivin'
That's the kind of love that
winds up falling on its face
An d the days keep getting longer
The bad vibes keep growing
stronger
Respect, well, it don't belong here
In a selfish place
Why don't we stop?
Life ain't no game
We're both to blame
We ought to be ashamed
We've got to have
Meaning of the mind
Together
Don't you think we ought to
What it is, what it is
We've got to have
Meaning of the heart
Forever
You know this song is about a man who's pleadin'
with his woman to find a reason not to break
up their home
He just wants a
mother for his children and
a lover he can count on
through thick and thin
But you know, wouldn't it be a fine thing
If everybody in this great big old world
Could lay aside their pride
Push away that prejudice, that ego
And a man can say to his family
and all his friends
We've got to have
A meeting of the minds
Togeth er
Oh honey
What it is, what it is
We've got to have
The meaning of the hearts
Forever
Don't you think we oughta
What it is, what it is
We've got to have
The meaning of the minds
To gether
Oh, baby, baby, baby
Sweet touch of hand
Healing of the heart