| Who holds the money, who holds the need
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| Who holds the strings of misery or the purse of greed
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| And the gunmen reap while the gangsters sow
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| And law is cheap when the smugglers go
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| (Give us peace)
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| Give us peace in our time
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| (Give us peace)
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| Give us peace in our time
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| While I have a life to live
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| Then I have no life to give
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| (Give us peace)
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| Give us peace in our time
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| In sun-kissed rooms in city slums
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| Minds are restless till the airmail comes
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| From the forest floor to the western mind
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| Like a chat show topic or a party line
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| And the hardest love of all is to forgive
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| As the world comes tumbling down
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| (Give us peace)
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| Give us peace in our time
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| (Give us peace)
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| Give us peace in our time
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| While I have a life to live
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| Then I have no life to give
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| (Give us peace)
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| Give us peace in our time
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| Let all the rain come down on blind desire
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| Like a thundercloud that holds a prairie fire
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| I hear the blame and I see the cause
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| A stronger voice and a stronger law
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| But buyers buy and sellers sell
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| Public consumption of a private hell
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| (Give us peace)
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| Give us peace in our time
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| (Give us peace)
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| Give us peace in our time
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| While I have a life to live
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| Then I have no life to give
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| (Give us peace)
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| Give us peace in our time
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| (Give us peace)
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| Give us peace in our time
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| (Give us peace)
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| Give us peace in our time
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| While I have a life to live
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| Then I have no life to give
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| (Give us peace)
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| Give us peace in our time |