There's a mood spreading round the world today

It's with you in your work or at your play

They're cleaning up the streets throughout the world

Ghetto folk have had the final furl

You can feel the pressure lifting off your head

People who make war are making love instead

This could be the dawning of another time

Hatred is a stranger we can see the sign

All you people with your heads on the ground

I can feel the hope spreading all around

I can feel a new beginning in the air

Peace and love forming everywhere

You can see a change in people's attitudes

Looking to the future in much brighter moods

There's a message clearly written in the sky

Time to change and soon we'll all be flying high

(There are some very slight changes in the lyrics depending on whether you are listening to the original or the '86 re-mix)