Love Trumps Violence

What the world needs now. . .

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The song, “What the World Needs Now is Love,” with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach came out April 15, 1965. The Vietnam war had become a national issue and students everywhere were protesting and opposing the draft. The military conscripted young men, trained them, and sent them off to kill or be killed in a jungle far from home.