The one thing we can all agree on that is lost and the world needs to find, the one thing every court deliberates, the one thing missing that amounts to a crime is...

[Chorus]
What the world needs now is reasonableness
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is reasonableness
No, not just for some but for everyone

[Verse 1]
Look, we don't need another mountain
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross
Enough to last until the end of time

[Chorus]
What the world needs now is reasonableness
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is reasonableness
No, not just for some but for everyone

[Verse 2]
Lord, we don't need another tyrant
There are morons and idiots enough to grow
There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine
Oh, listen all, if You want to know

[Chorus]
What the world needs now is reasonableness
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is reasonableness
No, not just for some, oh, but just for every, everyone