Lagu ini menjadi karya mereka yang diluncurkan pada 1978 lewat album berjudul Dr. Heckle & Mr. Jive.
Album bermuatan 11 lagu tersebut rilis di bawah naungan label Atlantic Recording dan kini telah tersedia di berbagai platform musik digital.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Love is the Answer" dari England Dan & John Ford Coley.
[Verse 1]
Em Bm Em Bm
Name your price, A ticket to paradise
Am C
I can't stay here anymore
Em Bm
And I've looked high and low
Em Bm
And I've been from shore to shore to shore
Am C
If there's a shortcut, I'd have found it
C Bm
But there's no easy way around it.
[Chorus 1]
Am Em C Bm
Light of the world, shine on me
Em Am
Love is the answer
Am Em C Bm
Shine on us all, set us free
Em Am
Love is the answer.
[Verse 2]
Em Bm
Who knows why,
Em Bm
Someday we all must die
Am C
We're all homeless boys and girls
Em Bm
And we are never heard,
Em Bm
It's such a lonely, lonely, world.
Bm C
People turn their heads and walk on by
C Bm
Tell me is it worth just another try?
[Chorus 3]
Am Em C Bm
Light of the world, shine on me
Em Am
Love is the answer
Am Em C Bm
Shine on us all, set us free
Em Am
Love is the answer.
[Bridge]
C Em C Am
Tell me, are we alive or a just a dying planet?
A# G
What are the chances?
A# D G
Ask the man in your heart for the answers.
[Verse 3]
Bm Em F C
And when you feel afraid, love one another
Bm Em F C
When you've lost your way, love one another
Bm Em F C
And when you're all alone, love one another
Bm Em F C
when you're far from home, love one another.
Bm Em F C
And when you're down and out, love one another
Bm Em F C
And when hope runs out, love one another
Bm Em F C
And you when you need a friend, love one another
Bm Em F C
When you're near the end, love We got to love
F C
We got to love one another.
[Chorus 4] x4
Am Em C Bm
Light of the world, shine on me
Em Am
Love is the answer
Am Em C Bm
Shine on us all, set us free
Em Am
Love is the answer.
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