"How I Long For Peace" lyrics
Rhiannon Giddens, Resistance Revival Chorus & Crys Matthews Lyrics
(originally by Peggy Seeger)
O how I long for peace
Among the peoples and the nation
How I long to halt the plunder
Of the wonders of creation
O how I long for peace
I cannot understand
How the sisters, wives and mothers
Cannot stop the slaughter
Of the husbands, sons and brothers
O how I long for peace
Among the peoples and the nation
How I long to halt the plunder
Of the wonders of creation
O how I long for peace
There never will be peace
Till men abandon fighting
As the way to deal with problems
That prevent us from uniting
O how I long for peace
Among the peoples and the nation
How I long to halt the plunder
Of the wonders of creation
O how I long for peace
The profits made from war
There's few that can resist them
Hypocrisy and greed control
The lifeblood of the system
O how I long for peace
Among the peoples and the nation
How I long to halt the plunder
Of the wonders of creation
O how I long for peace
The world can wait no longer
For political permission
Sit down, disrupt, do anything
To make the whole world listen
O how I long for peace
Among the peoples and the nation
How I long to halt the plunder
Of the wonders of creation
O how I long for peace
Among the peoples and the nation
How I long to halt the plunder
Of the wonders of creation
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
Among the peoples and the nation
How I long to halt the plunder
Of the wonders of creation
O how I long for peace
I cannot understand
How the sisters, wives and mothers
Cannot stop the slaughter
Of the husbands, sons and brothers
O how I long for peace
Among the peoples and the nation
How I long to halt the plunder
Of the wonders of creation
O how I long for peace
There never will be peace
Till men abandon fighting
As the way to deal with problems
That prevent us from uniting
O how I long for peace
Among the peoples and the nation
How I long to halt the plunder
Of the wonders of creation
O how I long for peace
The profits made from war
There's few that can resist them
Hypocrisy and greed control
The lifeblood of the system
O how I long for peace
Among the peoples and the nation
How I long to halt the plunder
Of the wonders of creation
O how I long for peace
The world can wait no longer
For political permission
Sit down, disrupt, do anything
To make the whole world listen
O how I long for peace
Among the peoples and the nation
How I long to halt the plunder
Of the wonders of creation
O how I long for peace
Among the peoples and the nation
How I long to halt the plunder
Of the wonders of creation
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
O how I long for peace
