Why Can't We Be Happy - Ike & Tina Turner, The Ikettes

I’m so full of love yet I’m sad everyday

How can we keep on livin' this way?

Now, we are in a war, people dyin' everyday

With a little love, it’ll all fade away

Can’t we all be happy, the way it used to be?

Love one another and let this world be free

Hippies in the streets, they’re learnin' how to roam

And the Black folks are in the ghetto, they’re even burnin' their home

But they are tryin' to get a message for the whole world to see

How happy we all could be if we all were free

So, why can’t we be happy, the way it used to be?

Love one another and let this world be free

People are hatin' more and more everyday

Understandin' is gettin' slowly further away

Now, what’s gonna happen when it all comes to a head

There’ll be no world to live in, 'cause we’ll all be dead

So, why can’t we be happy, the way it used to be?

Love one another and let this world be free