I'd like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow-white turtle doves

I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to hold it in my arms
And keep [bad word] 

I'd like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand
And hear them echo through the hills
Ah, peace throughout the land
(That's the song I hear)
I'd like to teach the world to sing
(That the world sings today)
In perfect harmony
I'd like to hold it in my arms
And keep [bad word] 

I'd like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow-white turtle doves