People making lists, buying special gifts

Taking time to be kind to one and all

It's that time of year when good friends are dear

And you wish you could give more

Than just presents from a store

Why don't you give love on Christmas Day

Even the man who has everything

Would be so happy if you would bring

Him love on Christmas Day

No greater gift is there than love

Yeah

People you don't know smiling out hello

Everywhere there's an air of Christmas joy

It's that once a year when the world's sincere

And you'd like to find a way

To show the things that words can't say

Why don't you give love on Christmas Day

The man on the street and the couple upstairs

Want you to know there's one who cares

Give love on Christmas Day

No greater gift is there than love

Why don't you give love

To someone who needs right now

N-n-n-n-now, someone who needs it right now

Give, ooh, ooh, ooh

What the world needs is love

Yes, the world needs your love

Give love on Christmas Day

Every little child on Santa's knee

Has room for your love underneath their tree

Give love on Christmas day, yeah

No greater gift is there than love

What the world needs is love

Yes, the world needs your love

Give love on Christmas Day

Every Tom and Harry, every Suzie Q

Needs love from someone just as much as you

Give love on Christmas Day

No greater gift is there than love

What the world needs is love

Yes, the world needs your love

(Give love) yeah

Yeah, give love, oh yeah

If you know somebody

If you know somebody who needs love, yeah (give love)

Why don't you give love, give love, give love

No greater gift is there than love

What the world need is love

Yes, the world needs your love

Ah, ooh, hoo, hoo (give love), ooh, ooh, ooh