[Intro: Robert Lamm]
We can cut it in any key

[Verse 1: Robert Lamm, Peter Cetera]
Why can't folks get along with one another
'Cause Jesus said you got to love your brother
No one seems to notice all the evil in the air
No one seems to really give a damn if it is there, yeah

[Chorus: Terry Kath, Peter Cetera]
Oh, what's this world coming to?
Ha-ha-hope for love, come on through, come on through
I said, said, said people finally get them together
Yeah, making life, ooh, a whole lot better, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2: Terry Kath, Robert Lamm]
Some folks got a lot and some are hungry
Well I said some folks got to live from day to day
Rich folks spending time just counting money
Poor folks really ain't got much to say, ain't got much to say

[Chorus: Terry Kath, Peter Cetera]
Hey, what's this world coming to?
Ha-ha-hope for love, come on through, come on through
I said my people finally get them together
Making life a whole lot better, yeah, yeah
[Bridge: Terry Kath & Robert Lamm]
What's this world coming to?
What's this world coming to?
What's this world coming to?
What's this world coming to?
What's this world coming to?
What's this world coming to?

[Verse 3: Terry Kath, Peter Cetera]
Oh, people got to get their thing together
Ain't no time to lose just time to die
All of us can make this world a better place to be
All of us can feel how good it feels to be free

[Chorus: Terry Kath, Peter Cetera]
Oh, what's this world coming to? Yeah
Ha-ha-hope for love, come on through, come on through
People finally get them together
Making life a whole lot better