| People all over the world
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| People all over the world
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| People all over the world are starving
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| For affection
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| And to me this ain’t funny
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| To me this is real
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| So I tell everybody
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| The way I feel about affection
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| Well I’ve starved before for affection
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| I blamed the world and it’s partly the world’s fault
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| That’s true
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| But I was a star who said
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| «I don’t have time for those people»
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| So it was partly my own fault too
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| Well then I relaxed a little
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| And I met more people who liked me
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| That gave me the courage to reach out and give
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| And that helped me to get more affection
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| And affection helped me to live
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| So I say
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| People all over the world they’re good
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| People all over the world ain’t bad
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| If everybody be snobs like I’ve been
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| They won’t get what they wished they had
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| Affection
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| People are starving just to be touched, you mean
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| People are starving just to be hugged and kissed
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| Well you’ve got radios and magazines and cars
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| And there’s telephones and books everywhere
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| But plain old affection sits there over in the corner
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| And it says
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| «Hmm it’s like they’ve forgotten that I’m there»
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| You know it takes gall to reach out and try affection
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| On people who maybe want your touch but you can’t tell
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| Cause they can laugh and that’s like rejection
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| And you probably won’t like that very well
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| But I say
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| People all over the world they’re good
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| People all over the world ain’t bad
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| If everybody keeps on chickening out
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| They won’t get what they wished they had
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| Affection
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| «Jonathan you’re scaring us
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| We think this is the part of the song
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| Where everyone had to do the group hug and stuff
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| We don’t even like our neighbour»
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| «Is that what we have to do now?»
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| «Nope, don’t worry, nah, no that’s no good»
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| «Don't worry we’re not gonna do that»
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| «Okay, then what’s this song about anyway?»
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| «It's just if you do feel like it don’t chicken out, that’s all»
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| «Is that all you’re saying?»
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| «Yeah»
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| «Oh, okay»
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| People all over the world
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| People all over the world
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| People all over the world are starving
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| For affection |