Everybody wants the real thing, no imitations

Everybody wants the same thing, some tender loving

Everybody's on the rebound, breaking up in two

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

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 nighttime oh I, I got to know

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

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

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

People living in the country don't buy no master plan

People sent in from Erasure to seek the promise land

Everybody wants their freedom, but do they understand?

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

Don't you see the lonely people, we've been following to believe

In the middle of the nighttime, oh I, I got to know

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?

(Oh-oh) hey, you, tell me, what's been going on?

Hey, you, tell me (tell me), what's been going on? (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, our world (our world), what's been going on? (Our world, our world, hey you)

Hey, you, ooh-ooh-ooh, oh-ooh-ooh-ooh, going on

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