“Peace Poem” – Song “Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream”.
Lyrics & Poem: American and Canadian singer of contemporary and English folk music, songwriter, and character actor the late Ed McCurdy, (1919–2000).
Vocals: American country and folk singer, songwriter, and actor the late John Denver, (1943–1997), born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
Peace Poem.
By Ed McCurdy.
There’s a name for war and killing,
And there’s a name for giving in when you know another answer,
For me the name is sin.
But there’s still time to turn around and make all hatred cease,
And give another name to living, we could call it “Peace”,
And peace would be the road we walk, each step along the way,
And peace would be the way we work and peace the way we play.
And in all we see that’s different and in all the things we know,
Peace would be the way we look, peace the way we grow.
There’s a name for separation.
There’s a name for first and last,
When it’s all for us or nothing,
For me the name is past.
But there’s still time to turn around and make all hatred cease,
And give a name to all the future, we could call it“Peace”,
And if peace is what we pray for,
And if peace is what we give,
Then peace will be the way we are,
And peace the way we live.
For there still is the time to turn around,
And make all hatred cease,
And give another name to living,
We can call it “Peace”,“Peace”,“Peace”.
END
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream.
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream.
Last night I had the strangest dream,
I never dreamed before.
I dreamed the world had all agreed,
To put an end to war.
I dreamed I saw a mighty room,
And the room was filled with men,
And the paper they were signing said,
They’d never fight again.
And when the papers was all signed,
And a million copies made,
They all joined hands and bowed their heads,
And grateful prayers were prayed.
And the people in the streets below,
Were dancing round and round,
And guns and swords and uniforms,
Were scattered on the ground.
Last night I had the strangest dream,
I never dreamed before,
I dreamed the world had all agreed,
To put an end to war.
Last night I had the strangest dream,
I never dreamed before,
I dreamed the world had all agreed,
To put an end to war.
I dreamed the world had all agreed,
To put an end to war.
END.
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