[Chorus: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?

[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]
So we're different colours and we're different creeds
And different people have different needs
It's obvious you hate me, though I've done nothing wrong
I've never even met you, so what could I have done?

[Pre-Chorus: Martin L. Gore]
I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand

[Chorus: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?

[Post-Chorus: Martin L. Gore]
Help me understand
Help me understand
[Verse 2: Dave Gahan (Martin L. Gore)]
Now you're punching and you're kicking and you're shouting at me
I'm relying on your common decency
So far it hasn't surfaced, but I'm sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel from your head to your fists
(Head to your fists)

[Pre-Chorus: Martin L. Gore]
I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand

[Chorus: "Dave Gahan" & Martin L. Gore]
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?
"Yeah!"

[Outro: Martin L. Gore ("Dave Gahan")]
I can't understand "More!"
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand
I can't understand "Yeah"
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand
I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand
I can't understand (People are people)
What makes a man
Hate another man (Why should it be?)
Help me understand
I can't understand (People are people)
What makes a man
Hate another man (Why should it be?)
Help me understand
I can't understand (People are people)
What makes a man
Hate another man (Why should it be?)
Help me understand
I can't understand (People are people)
What makes a man
Hate another man (Why should it be?)
Help me understand
I can't understand (People are people)
What makes a man
Hate another man (Why should it be?)
Help me understand
"Yeah!"
"Thank you!"