Would Dylan be just a poet
Would Bono ever know it
without those songs
Would Marley be just a stoner
Johnny Cash just be a loner  
without those songs
Would Buddy Holly have disappeared
Or would Lennon still be here
without those songs
What happened in their lives
What happened in their hearts
To make them want to
write the words
Gonna tear this world apart  
The beauty of their lives
Is when they're dead and gone
The world still sings along
When anything went right
When anything went wrong
They put it in a song
Would Elvis be just a look
Or the Rolling Stones
be stuck without those songs
Would Sinatra be just a gangster
Or would Jackson be
just a dancer without those songs
Would Madonna be just a face
Or Nirvana be just a place
without those songs
What happened in their lives
What happened in their hearts
To make them want to
write the words
Gonna tear this world apart
The beauty of their lives
Is when they're dead and gone
The world still sings along
When anything went right
When anything went wrong
They put it in a song
When anything went right
When anything went wrong
They put it in a song
Oh who would make us sing
And where would we all be
without those songs
Without those songs