[Verse 1]

Everybody wants the real thing, no imitations

Everybody wants the same thing, some tender lovin'

Everybody's on the rebound, breaking up in two

Everybody's going downtown, I'm reaching out for you

[Pre-Chorus]

Gotta wonder what the score is, sure is a shame to me

Don't you see the little children begging but no one ever sees

In the middle of the night time, oh I, I got to know

[Chorus]

Hey you, tell me what's been going on

Hey you, tell me what's been going on

[Verse 2]

People living in the city, don't know their fellow man

People living in the country, don't buy the master plan

People sail in from Eurasia, to seek the Promised Land

Everybody wants their freedom, but do they understand

[Pre-Chorus]

Gotta wonder what the score is, sure is a shame to me

Don't you see the lonely people, weeping, falling to their knees

In the middle of the night time, oh I, I got to know

[Chorus]

Hey you, tell me, what's been going on

This world, our world, what's been going on (Tell me)

Hey you, tell me, what's been going on

This world, our world, what's been going on

[Bridge]

Oh-ho, woo, ooh, ooh, oh-ho

[Outro]

Hey you, tell me, what's been going on

Hey you (Hey, hey, hey), tell me (Tell me), what's been going on

(What's going on? What's going on?)

Hey you (Hey you), tell me (Won't you tell me), what's been going on

(What's going on? What's going on? What's going on?)

This world (This old world), our world (Our world), what's been going on

(Our world, your world, our world, hey you, hey you)

Hey you (What's going on?), what's going on

(What's going on? What's going on?)

This world, our world (Our world), what's been going on

(What's going on? What's going on?)

Hey you (Hey, hey you), what's been going on