[Verse 1]
As I walk this wicked world
Searching for light in the darkness of insanity, oh yeah
I ask myself, is all hope gone?
Is there only pain, hatred, and misery, oh yeah?

[Chorus]
And each time I feel like this inside
There's one thing I wanna know
Oh, what's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?
Oh, what's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?

[Verse 2]
And as I walk on through troubled time
My spirit get so downhearted sometime, sometime
So where are the strong? Who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony, sweet harmony?

[Chorus]
'Cause each time I feel it slipping away
It just makes me wanna cry
So what's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?
Oh, what's so funny 'bout peace and love, yeah yeah yeah yeah?

[Bridge]
We must have peace
More peace than love
It's just for the children
Of the me generation
[Verse 2]
So where are the strong and who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony, sweet harmony?

[Chorus]
'Cause each time I see it slipping away
It just makes me want to cry
So what's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?
Oh, what's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?
Oh, what's so funny 'bout a little peace and love, yeah yeah yeah yeah?