Love is but a song we sing; fear's the way we die,
You can make the mountains ring or make the angels cry,
Though the bird is on the wing, you may not know why.

Come on people now, smile on your brother,
Everybody get together, try to love one another right now.

Some may come and some may go,
But we will surely pass when the one who has left us here returns for us at last,
We are but a moment's sunlight fading in the grass, oh.

Come on people now, smile on your brother,
Everybody get together, try to love one another right now,
Come on people now, smile on your brother,
Everybody get together, try to love one another right now.

Though the bird is on the wing, you may not know why, oh.

Come on people now, smile on your brother,
Everybody get together, try to love one another right now.

If you hear the song I sing, then you will understand,
You hold the key love and fear, all in your trembling hand,
Just one key unlocks them both; it's there at your command, oh.

Come on people now, smile on your brother,
Everybody get together, try to love one another right now,
Come on people now, smile on your brother,
Everybody get together, try to love one another right now,
Yeah, come on people now, smile on your brother,
Everybody get together, try to love one another right now,
Right now, right now.