The Onion Song - Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell

The world is just a great big onion

&pain &fear are the spices that make you cry

Oh, &the only way to get rid of this great big onion

Is to plant love seeds until it dies, uh huh

Hey world!

We got a great big job to do

Yeah, we need you

&everybody who loves truth

Don’t you know we’ve got to clean up this place

&reach far high &oh yeah

Yes we do

We gotta be headstrong about rightin' the wrong

&make a mountain of happy souls, oh;

Oh

The world is just a great big onion

&I don’t care, it’s the face people like to wear

Yes it is now

&the only way to get rid of this great big onion

Every one single soul’s got to do their share

Tell about it, baby!

So come on, let’s knock on every door

Tell them love is the answer

Whether they’re rich or poor, oh yeah

For we don’t care what you do

How you look, or your status claim, baby

No no, because brothers &sisters

From now on, is gonna be everyone’s name, oh oh

The world is just a great big onion

&pain &fear are the spices that make you cry

Yes it is

&the only way to get rid of this great big onion

Is to plant love seeds

Now everybody, got to plant love seeds

Come on &plant love seeds

Until it dies

The world is just a great big onion