I’m checking out the headlines,   They say the human race is dying.   Boys and girls are crying   In a picture of their nations fighting…   The more I think about it,   The harder it gets for me to find the things that   Used to make me happy and I know it’s all been said before but      I need peace and I need love,   I need all the things sent from above,   I need chocolate cake and lemon pie,   I need all the things that make me smile,   I want rain, and I want sunshine,   I want all the things sent from the sky   That put a smile upon my face,   And make this world a better place      When I’m feeling down, I think of   Simple things that help me get by…      Power and religion   Are holding hands against all reason,   Soon the politicians   Will be touching little boys with the pop’s permission…   I never thought I’d cry   From seeing people die for their own convictions   I know it’s all been said before   But still you don’t seem to stop the war      I need peace and I need love,   I need all the things sent from above,   I need chocolate cake and lemon pie,   I need all the things that make me smile,   I want rain, and I want sunshine,   I want all the things sent from the sky   That put a smile upon my face,   And make this world a better place   I need the simple things that help me get by      I give no name to those who claim   The right to use our lives for power games   Leaders and rulers   I believe will soon shoot us   If we don’t stand and fight   For our right to a better world   And I know it’s all been said before   But still you don’t seem to stop the war…      When it’s all too much   And I’m feeling low…   When it’s all too much,   I need simple things like peace   And I need love   I need all the things sent from above,   I need chocolate cake and lemon pie,   I need all the things that make me smile,   I want rain, and I want sunshine,   I want all the things sent from the sky   That put a smile upon my face,   And make this world a better place