playlist for peace
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
John Lennon
I never saw such hands
Flexing like silver leaves,
I never knew such air,
Or leaned to so good a breeze.
Even the tears I cry,
They aren't salt but clear,
For seabirds riding the wind, calling their last,
Their wild goodbye.
The world is asking not to die.
Malvina Reynolds
Show me the country where bombs had to fall,
Show me the ruins of buildings once so tall,
And I'll show you a young land with so many reasons why
Phil Ochs (who died in 1976)
There were roses, roses,
There were roses, and the tears of the people ran together.
Tommy Sands
All rights and all wrongs have long since blown away,
For causes are ashes where children lie slain
Stan Rogers
When will they ever learn?
Pete Seeger
One moment of conviction, one voice quiet and clear,
One act of compassion, it all begins here.
No safety now in silence, we've got to stand our ground.
No hate. No violence. Not in our town.
Fred Small
Light one candle for the terrible sacrifice
justice and freedom demand.
Light one candle for the wisdom to know
when the peace maker's time is at hand.
Light one candle for all we believe in
that anger won't tear us apart.
And light one candle to bring us together
with peace as the song in our hearts.
Peter Yarrow
What can you do with your days but work & hope
Let your dreams bind your work to your play
What can you do with each moment of your life
But love til you've loved it away
Love til you've loved it away
Bob Franke
Peace is the bread we break
Love is the river rolling
Life is a chance we take
When we make this earth our home
Gonna make this earth our home.
Fred Small
Oseh shalom bimromav
Hu ya'aseh shalom aleinu
V'al kol-ha'am, v'imru: "Amen."
("May God, who makes peace in God's high places, make peace for us and for all the world, and we say 'Amen.' " )
Jewish prayer
Note: the original says
"Israel", where I have written "ha'am", "the World"
You take the little that you know,
And you do the best you can,
And you see the rest with the quiet faith of man.
Bill Staines
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
John Lennon
Posted by dichroic at September 11, 2002 04:59 PM