Would Dylan be just a poet?
Would Bono ever know it, without those songs? Mmmm
Would Marley be just a stoner?
Johnny Cash just be a loner, without those songs? Mmmm
Would Buddy Holly have disappeared?
Or would Lennon still be here, without those songs? Yea-ah
What happened in their lives?
What happened in their hearts?
To make them wanna write the words
But 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 mistook, without those songs? Mmmm
Would Sinatra be just a gangster
Or would Jackson be just a dancer, without those songs? Yea-ah
Would Madonna be just a face?
Or Nirvana be just a place without those songs? Yea-ah
What happened in their lives?
What happened in their hearts?
To make them wanna write the words
They're 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, yea-ah
Oooooh, oooo
Oooooh, oooh
When anything went right
When anything went wrong
They put it in a song
Oh who would make a scene
And where would we all be
Without those songs
Without those songs