It takes a whole lot of lovingTo keep you by my sideIf you can understand what I’m trying to sayWell you know how I tryIt takes a whole lot of lovingTo make you feel like I doI know you can understand you don’t feel the sameI never expect that you doI’ve got to say if it takes all dayIt takes a whole lot of lovingIt takes a whole lot of lovingWell we’ve got a love you can’t find everydaySo don’t throw it awayIt takes a whole lot of lovingTo make this world go roundMaybe one day you’ll look in your eyesAnd you will see what I foundI read the papers everydayOf people throwing their love awayYou don’t want to join that fightYou’ll lose all love that feels so rightI ask people everywhereGive your love and show you careWhat I really got to sayI need you love right awayA whole lot of lovingMakes the world go roundA whole lot of lovingCan’t you see what I foundIf you understand what I’m trying to sayOh baby please please pleaseDon’t throw it awayOh oh oh ohI need a whole lot of lovingI need a whole lot of lovingWe got a love you don’t find everydayWell baby please pleaseDon’t throw it awayDon’t throw it awayI read the papers everydayI read the papers everydayOf people throwing their love awayOf people throwing their love awayI find people everywhereYou gotta give your loveShow you careYou gotta give your loveShow you careOh oh ohOh baby please please pleaseYou gotta give it to meA whole lot of lovingA whole lot of lovingA whole lot of lovingDon’t throw it awayI got love you got love we got love we all got love