If I Ruled The World

by Stevie Wonder

From the album: Looking Back

Track 31 of 40 on Looking Back (1977).

Duration: 3:31

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Lyrics for If I Ruled The World

If I ruled the world Every day would be the first day of spring And every heart would have a new song to sing And you know we'd sing of the joy every morning would bring If I ruled the world Every man would be as free as a bird And every voice would be a voice to be heard Why don't you take my word? We would treasure every day that occurred My world would be a beautiful place Where we would weave such wonderful dreams And my world would wear a smile on its face Like the man in the moon has when the moon beams If I ruled the world Every man would say the world was his friend There'd be so much happiness that no one could end No, my friend Not if I ruled the world And every man would hold his head up high There'd be sunshine in everybody's sky Ooh, if a day ever dawned that I If I had anything to do with it I think it should be If I ruled the world

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