Heard a sermon from a creaky pul pit with no one in the nave
I paid a visit to the synagogue and I left there feeling blame
No one could tell me what to do
They had not the capacity to answer me!

What the world needs now
Is some answers to our problems
We can't buy more time
'Cause our tender isn't valid
If your soul needs love
You can get consoled by pity
But it looks as though faith alone won't sustain us no more

Watched the scientists throw up their hands conceding: "Progress will resolve it all"
Saw the manufacturers of earth's debris igore another green peace call
No one could tell me what to do
no one had the ability to answer me!

What the world needs now
Is some accountability
We can't buy more time
'Cause time won't accept our money
If your soul needs love
You can always have my pity
But it looks as though faith alone, won't sustain us no more!

What the world needs now
Is some answers to our problems
We can't buy more time
'Cause our tender isn't valid

What the world needs now
Is some accountability
If your soul needs love
You can get consoled by pity

But faith alone won't sustain us anymore
Faith alone won't sustain us anymore
Faith alone won't sustain us anymore
Faith alone won't sustain us anymore
Faith alone won't sustain us anymore
(Faith alone won't sustain us anymore)