Lyrics:

(Robert Lamm)
(We can cut it in any key.)

[Verse 1]
(Robert Lamm)
Why can't folks get along with one another
Cause Jesus said you got to love your brother
(Peter Cetera)
No one seems to notice all the evil in the air
No one seems to really give a damn if it is there

[Chorus]
(Terry Kath)
Oh, what's this world coming to
(Peter Cetera)
Ha-ha-hope for love, come on through, come on through
(Terry Kath)
I said-said-said People finally get them together
(Peter Cetera)
Yeah making life - Ooh - a whole lot better
Yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]
(Terry Kath)
Some folks got a lot, and some are hungry
Well I said some folks have to live from day to day
(Robert Lamm)
Rich folks spending time just counting money
Poor folks really ain't got much to say

[Chorus]

[Bridge] (Repeat)
What's this world
Coming to

[Verse 3]
(Terry Kath)
Oh people got to get their thing together
Ain't no time to lose just time to die
(Peter Cetera)
All of us can make this world a better place to be
All of us can feel how good it feels to be free

[Chorus]