Peace Songs

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I Could Have Been Home; With My Children, At Play

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They [You] taught me to fight;

and they [you] said it was right.

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Now all day long, and at night in my bed;

all I can do is to think of the dead.

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I could have been home,

planting grape vines and pears;

instead of planting gardens,

I trampled on theirs.

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I could have been home,

with my children at play;

instead, I was taking

their children away.

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With every soul taken,

there's such a great cost;

happiness, wisdom,

and innocence are lost.

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The earth has resources

enough, everywhere;

there's plenty for each,

and enough left to share.

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If we consider each person

as a sister or a brother,

we will be loving

and helping each other.

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Laird Fetzer Hamblin

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