Simple things

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 pope’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,

Oh no, no, no,



**repeat



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