You say you want a revolution; you know you're not the only one,
But are you looking for a peaceful solution, or just a reason to carry a gun'
You know we've got to love one another; you've heard it for the day you were born,
But talk is getting cheaper, and cheaper, and cheaper, 'til love is just another useless word,
Everybody's got there difference, that's what makes the world so great,
I ain't asking you to like them, just to tolerate,
'Cause a man can't learn to love 'til he's learned not to hate.

Love is the reason we live,
'Cause you can't be forgiven unless you forgive,
Love is the reason we live,
For the author of life and the true love he gives,
Love is the reason we live.

You talk about the new world order; and it's so correct, politically,
One church, one money, one government sounds like one big Tower of Babel to me,
Singing "All You Need Is Love" now; to think is all you need to do,
You call it dreaming, I call it wishful thinking - and it takes more than that to make a dream come true,
There's people looking for answers, people hungry for a sign,
People buying into every worthy cause that they can find, but the world will only change one heart at a time.

Love is the reason we live,
'Cause you can't be forgiven unless you forgive,
Love is the reason we live,
For the author of life and the true love he gives,
Love is the reason we live.

Love, love, love, love to live,
Live, live, live, live to love,
Love, love, love, love to live,
Live to love, love to live,
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Everybody's talking 'bout peace now, harmony and brotherhood,
It's all just big talk until we understand it all began with cross of wood,
We've got to put away the pride in our hearts now, and be just like a little child,
Lock up the thieve and the rogues in us all, and make some room to let the truth run wild.

Love is the reason we live,
'Cause you can't be forgiven unless you forgive,
Love is the reason we live,
For the author of life and the true love he gives,
Love is the reason we live,
'Cause you can't be forgiven unless you forgive,
Love is the reason we live,
For the author of life and the true love he gives,
Love is the reason we live,

(etc. fade)