They got detectives and put out a reward
They called the police and the National Guard
They closed the borders but it still got a way
Wanted a ransom they could not afford
Sent out an aeroplane to search from above
Everybody’s lookin’ for love

They formed a posse and took to the trail
They tapped the phone lines and read all the mail
They combed the country to search for a clue
Questioned the prisoners in all of the jails
Dusted for fingerprints while wearing kid gloves
Everybody’s lookin’ for love

Talked to the army and the head of state
Got on the talk shows had a TV debate
Got lots of theories about where it’s gone
They called on experts to describe its fate
Sent out a message tied to a dove
Everybody’s lookin’ for love

Priest and lawyers, Cops and robbers,
Peace corps workers, air force bombers,
Union maids and corporate pawns
Has anybody seen where love has gone?

One day the president talked to the press
To calm the country with his confidence
If love is out there then you can be sure
My group will find it with support from Congress
He got all the branches in all of the government
Out there lookin’ for love

Meanwhile inside the University
They got computers and laboratories
They mixing compounds and splicing some genes
They filling beakers and test tubes to see
If they shoot it with lasers and sciency stuff
Maybe they can isolate love

Professors, shoppers, pundits, paupers
Politicians, big show stoppers,
Imams, Rabbis, The Holy See asks
Where oh where oh where can my love be?

Inside a building on the edge of town
They drew conclusions of where love could be found
Next time they catch it it won’t get away
They’ll keep it hidden locked up gagged and bound
Won’t even share it with their great God above
Everybody’s hiding their love