Everyone says "I love you" The cop on the corner and the burglar, too The preacher in the pulpit and The man in the pew says "I love you" Everyone, no matter who... The folks over eighty and the kid of two The captain and the sailor And the rest of the crew says "I love you" There are only eight little letters In the phrase, you'll find But the mean a lot more Than all the other words combined Everywhere , the whole world through The king in the palace And the pleasant, too The tiger in the jungle And the monk in the zoo says "I love you" The preacher in the pulpit And the man in the pew says "I love you" The captain and the sailor and the rest of the Crew says "I love you" Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo Aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah Everywhere, the whole world through The king in the palace And the peasant, too The tiger in the jungle And the monk in the zoo says "I love you"