I woke up today a song was swimming in my head
And I hummed it to myself as I got out of bed
And on the way to take a shower it all just
dawned on me
That a song like this just might go down in
history
I quickly ran back to get my guitar
A pen and some paper
’cause this whole world needs an anthem
And I’m trying to put the words where they
belong
Yeah this whole world needs an anthem
And I’m hoping everyone will sing along
Well I quickly got to work and put the song in
gear
And my neighbor rang the doorbell said it caught
his ear
I was playing it so loud the whole neighborhood
could hear
And at night from every household it became quite
clear
Everyone was singing along
The same notes the same song
Or maybe I heard it wrong
’cause this whole world needs an anthem
And I’m trying to put the words where they
belong
Yeah this whole world needs an anthem
And I’m hoping everyone will sing along.