Marvin Gaye The Onion Song Lyrics

The Onion Song Lyrics

The world is just a great big onion

And pain and fear are the spices that make you cry

And the only way to get rid of this great big onion

Is to plant love seeds until it dies, uh, huh



Hey, world, we got a great big job to do, yeah

We need you and everybody who loves truth



You know we got to clean up this place

And reach far higher, oh, yeah, yes, we do now

We gotta be headstrong about rightin' the wrong

And make a mountain of happy souls, oh, oh



Baby, the world is just a great big onion

And 'I don't care' is the face people like to wear, yes, it is now

And the only way to get rid of this great big onion

Every one single soul's got to do their share, tell about it, baby



So come on, let's knock on every door

Tell them love is the answer

Whether they're rich or poor, oh, yeah



And we don't care what you do

How you look or your status claim, baby

No, no, because 'Brothers and Sisters'

From now on is gonna be everyone's name, oh, oh



The world is just a great big onion

And pain and fear are the spices that make you cry, yes, it is

And the only way to get rid of this great big onion

Is to plant love seeds, now everybody got to plant love seeds

Come on and plant love seeds until it dies



The world is just a great big onion