(r. cook/r. greenway/b. backer/b. davis)
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

chorus:
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
(that´s the song i hear)
i´d like to see the world for once
(let the world sing today)
all standing hand in hand
and hear them echo through the hills
for peace throughout the land
that´s the song i hear
(that´s the song i hear)
let the world sing today
(let the whole wide world keep singing)
a song of peace that echoes on
and never goes away

(repeat 1st stanza and chorus)

put your hand in my hand
let´s begin today
put your hand in my hand
help me find a way

(repeat chorus til fade)