Pro-Peace and Anti-War Songs

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When we make peace instead of war,

and foster peace from shore to shore,

we will live and thrive together

We will prosper more and more

When we trade bombs for aid and food

and when our only goal is good

we will make the whole world better

We can do this and we should

humanity

When all our leaders see the light:

that ending war is only right

We will all rejoice together

and our joy will light the night

When we make peace with mother earth

and when we stop abusing her

she'll repay us with abundance

Now we must allow rebirth

Now poverty is violence

Denied healthcare is violence

We must care for all our people

Nothing less makes any sense

Don’t fight the poor – Fight poverty!

We’ve got to change priorities

All our bombs and guns won’t feed us

We must care for people’s needs

In common good we must invest

The good of all is what we stress

We all win, and nobody loses

We’re all blessed when all are blessed

When we make peace instead of war,

and foster peace from shore to shore,

we will live and thrive together

We will prosper more and more

When atom bombs are history

and from their threat the world is free,

what a burden will be lifted

We will save humanity

When we make peace with everyone

and when we ban all bombs and guns

we will be the greatest winners

’cause it’s peace we will have won 

Now, they want to start another world war: 

a beautiful, exciting world war 

They will rain the missiles down 

on every bleepin' town

in that dreadful, but exciting world war

Corporate media is breathless, they’re so glad 

‘cause their ratings are enhanced when things are bad

Oh, we panic when we think 

we’re on annihilation’s brink

And so they beat the drums for war:  it’s all so mad!

They say Boeing has new aircraft they must sell 

Lockheed Martin wants to boost their shares as well

Also good ol' Northrup Grumman

wants to keep their fact'ries hummin'

Plus more bucks for Exxon Mobil and for Shell

Oh, it’s glory hallelujah and Amen!

A dandy, cool new arms race will begin

Put the burden on the backs of the citizens you tax

and they’ll really, yes they’ll really rake it in!

So stock prices, they go up most every day,  

While our morals and our ethics, they decay

All the killing and destruction 

only leads to mass corruption

Oh, it’s time that we demand a better way!

There’s no business like war business,

the gore business, for sure

Everything about it is appalling

Everything the market will allow      

Long as they can keep the stocks from falling

they’ll keep on calling for more and more

This war business is big business      

Now that everyone knows

Politicians represent the war machine

‘cause corporate profits rule everything

Human life and human rights don’t mean a thing

with war running the show

There’s no business like nuke business

it’s death business, we swear

Never mind the radiation cancer

Never mind the water and the air

How can you escape contamination

when radiation is everywhere?

This nuke business is bad business, 

it’s so bad, it’s absurd

They can kill a million people in a flash

Our state sponsors these psychopaths

We’re in the apocalypse and that’s a fact

with war running the world 

with war running the world

Peace on earth is what we’re for, alleluia

We shall put an end to war, alleluia

Instead of bombing other lands, alleluia

May we lend a helping hand, alleluia

Let us lay down all our arms, alleluia

Let’s do good and not do harm, alleluia

When compassion rules the day, alleluia

We shall live a better way, alleluia

May all children everywhere, alleluia

Know they’re safe, and have no fear, alleluia

Peace on earth is what we’re for, alleluia

We shall put an end to war, alleluia

When nobody marches off to war

Hurrah! Hurrah!

We'll live in peace forever more

Hurrah! Hurrah!

We’ll all be dancing in the streets

and celebrating global peace

And we'll all rejoice when nobody goes to war!

When all the fighting's over and done

Hurrah! Hurrah!

Let all the people live as one

Hurrah! Hurrah!

When guns and bombs and artillery

have gone the way of history

Oh we'll all rejoice when nobody goes to war!

Let love and friendship rule the day

Hurrah! Hurrah!

And let us live a better way

Hurrah! Hurrah!

When all our children know such love

they can't imagine how it was 

Yes we'll all rejoice when nobody goes to war!

Listen with heart, you’ll hear their voices calling

of the oppressed and crushed by tyranny

victims of war, of genocide and cruelty

They call to us: to our humanity

So raise your voice, in chorus for the innocent!

We’ll sing out loud, for justice and for peace!

Together we must make this world a better place

Keep singing loud and proud ‘til all the world is free

Once we were loved as champions of human rights

For giving aid and food to those in need

But now our nation’s goal is military might

Now we are known for bloodshed, war and greed

So raise your voice, to change the course of history!

Let’s tell the world that what we choose is peace

Together we must care for all humanity

Keep singing loud and proud ‘til all the world is free

We sing for children – orphaned, scared and hungry

We sing for women – struggling to be free

We sing for men – pressed into senseless fighting

We sing for them, and all humanity

So raise your voice with power for the powerless!

We’ll sing out loud, for justice and for peace!

Together we will make this world a better place

Keep singing loud and proud ’til all the world is free

Last night I had the strangest dream

I'd ever dreamed before

I dreamed the world had all agreed

to put an end to war

I dreamed I saw a mighty room 

filled with women and men

And the paper they were signing said

they'd never fight again

And when the paper was all signed

and a billion 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

While swords and guns and uniforms

were scattered on the ground

So let us share this lovely dream

of people living in peace

Now loving kindness rules the day

and bombs are but history

Now all our children, round the world,

are safe and loved and free

We all know that’s how life should be, so

Please — share this dream with me!