From the recordings Message Songs and One More Song About Peace - Take 2
This is a version of the song with some alternate lyrics.
Lyrics
The soldiers and the missiles
The rubble of the buildings
The ever-growing toll of death
I can't fathom all the killing
I sit in my comfortable living room thousands of miles away
Trying to come up with something important to say but
The evils of war
Have been covered before
I got no new world-changing thoughts to unleash
So all I can do
Is hope I'll break through
With one more song about peace
A song won't stop an army
I can't undo the bombing
But if I can touch a single heart
At least that would be something
So I’ll send this one simple message out the best way I know how
Singing this plea for some kindness as we look to find common ground
The evils of war
Have been covered before
I got no new world-changing thoughts to preach
So all I can do
Is hope I'll break through
With one more song about peace
I picture a time when armies and guns are replaced by cooperation
Coz every impossible dream come true starts with imagination
The evils of war
Have been covered before
I got no new world-changing thoughts to teach
So all I can do
Is hope I'll break through
With one more song about peace
So here's one more song about peace